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When the COVID-19 crisis hit, AIR’s Megan Eccleston plunged unexpectedly into a once-in-a-lifetime extracurricular challenge: organizing a grassroots volunteer initiative ...
AIR early childhood development and education expert, Ann-Marie Faria, Ph.D., focuses on quantitative research in early childhood settings, drawing on ...
Summertime provides a unique opportunity for community partners, schools, families, and young people to work together to provide programs and ...
Managing Director Allison Gandhi directs and implements large research projects at AIR and oversees the organization’s special education practice area. ...
Gretchen Weber, former vice president for Policy, Practice, and Systems Change at AIR, has always championed teachers and advocated for ...
Right now, teachers must navigate additional challenges to accommodate the coronavirus pandemic and school shutdowns. For Teacher Appreciation Week 2020, ...
Teacher performance evaluation systems are one potential tool for improving student success. Emerging research points to some promising features of ...
Martin Hooper analyzes contexts for learning through large-scale assessment data. In this Q&A, he talks about his recent publications highlighting ...
As we all adjust to the current situation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that we create ...
Michelle Yin, Ph.D., works at the nexus of education and labor economics, with a focus on special populations that include ...
Like all organizations and institutions, AIR is responding to the global coronavirus pandemic. In these most unusual circumstances, we remain ...
Roger Jarjoura is on the leadership team for AIR’s National Reentry Resource Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. ...
The California Collaborative on District Reform was designed to improve educational opportunities for all students, with particular emphasis on those ...
Mary Thorngren has more than 30 years of experience in managing and providing training and technical assistance to school districts, ...
In 2019, a grant gave Ohio the opportunity to improve literacy outcomes for children from birth through grade 12 and ...
What should states and districts working on school improvement keep in mind about successful turnaround efforts? AIR experts have identified ...
Samia Amin leads the workforce development practice at AIR. She’s helped federal, state, local, and international governments and foundations develop ...
Educating students who have been neglected, delinquent, or are otherwise at-risk requires specialized training and careful collaboration across the agencies ...
Teachers are the number-one factor in student learning, so preparing and supporting high-quality teachers of computer science is critical. AIR ...
As the Indiana State Liaison for REL Midwest, AIR Researcher Billie Day helps maximize opportunities for rural students, schools, and ...