Lessons from 2022: How We Live, Learn, and Build Better Communities
For many of us, 2022 was an overwhelming and challenging year. In this round-up of highlights, we reflect on the lessons we’ve learned this year, focusing on how we live, how we learn, and how we can build better communities. We hope that each finding brings us one step closer to a better, more equitable world.
Three Ways the AIR Equity Initiative is Addressing Justice in Public Safety and Policing
The AIR Equity Initiative is investing its time, expertise, and financial resources into reimagining policing and public safety in the United States. Senior Program Officer Shakira Munden describes how these AIR-funded grants will help shape a new vision of justice.
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Using Data to Respond to the Impacts of Climate Change
The impacts of climate change are already affecting the health, economic well-being, and security of people across the globe. Principal Economist Juan Bonilla describes AIR’s efforts to help governments and policymakers mitigate these effects and reduce the growing inequities that climate change can exacerbate.
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Synthesizing NAEP and International Large-Scale Assessment Score Trends: A Pattern of Diverging Performance
This study brings together results from NAEP and three international large-scale assessments to examine long-term, intermediate, and recent score trends in reading, mathematics, and science for U.S. students in 4th grade, in 8th grade, and at 15 years old. The analysis finds performance between high- and low-performing students is diverging.
