The goal of the project, which is entitled Strategic School Funding for Results (SSFR), is to develop and implement more equitable and transparent strategies for allocating resources to schools within each district and to link those strategies to systems designed to encourage innovation and efficiency, and strengthen accountability for student ...
As part of the ED-LINKS Pakistan – U.S. Student Exchange Program, run by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), 26 Pakistani middle-school girls between the ages of 13 and 16 met with Congresswoman Nita Lowey of New York on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 in Washington, D.C. The program is part ...
The Center on Aging addresses the many research and policy issues that arise in this context, using a broad brush that spans AIR’s subject areas and methodological reach. The Center serves AIR’s mission of improving the lives of the disadvantaged by bringing attention to aging issues and concerns, building on ...
Megan Scott is a TA Consultant in the Workforce Program Area at AIR. Scott has extensive experience in apprenticeship, workforce development, and non-profit work. As part of the TA team for the State Apprenticeship Expansion project, Scott provides customized coaching to state grantees and develops technical assistance resources and training ...
The Good Behavior Game is an evidence-based behavioral classroom management strategy that helps children learn how to work together to create a positive learning environment. AIR works with school districts and communities on all aspects of GBG implementation, including planning, providing training to teachers and local coaches, and monitoring practices ...
AIR will have a significant presence at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), which will be held April 8 – 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The meeting attracts leading education researchers from across the United States and around the world.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and AIR developed this guide to help research organizations and institutions improve their health services research capacity and competitiveness for grant and contract funding.
Far too many students see mathematics as a subject to be endured, rather than a subject of real-world importance and personal value. But when teachers use student-centered techniques to engage students in more active and authentic ways, they can transform math classrooms into lively learning environments in which students take ...
AIR experts use rigorous evidence to address all areas of health and well-being, including physical, social, and emotional, throughout the life cycle, from promotion and prevention to treatment and care.
Dr. Louis C. Danielson, a managing director and special education expert at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), received the Council for Exceptional Children's prestigious J.E. Wallace Wallin Lifetime Achievement Award on April 11, 2012 during the organization's annual convention in Denver, CO. ...