Several national organizations have offered frameworks and resources for planning for the reopening school buildings closed due to COVID-19. Policymakers and practitioners will need a shared understanding of the common whole child terms and phrases as they plan and work to mobilize student supports. This resource provides definitions for key ...
Researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and funders are increasingly aware of the powerful potential for summertime experiences and the need to design, implement, and continuously improve summertime experiences for all.
The Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd) helped leadership at state and local education agencies integrate educational and assistive technology for all students to achieve high educational standards. CITEd provided this support through identification of best practices, innovative online technical assistance tools, professional development, and communities of practice.
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Connected Educator Month (CEM) is an annual, October-long collection of events and resources to connect educators and education stakeholders with professional learning experiences worldwide. This year, AIR is leading three CEM themes: Social and Emotional Learning in School Settings, Building Quality Beyond the Bell, and Multi-tiered Systems of Support. AIR ...
Research shows that coaches have the ability to affect youths' decision-making. AIR researchers evaluated the impact of Coach Across America, a sports-based youth development program, on underserved youth nationwide over the course of the 2013-2014 program year.
AIR staff helped create Keep the Beat™ Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Family Meals, an exciting new cookbook from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) featuring 40 kid-tested recipes that parents and children can enjoy together as well as time-saving tips and helpful resources for busy families. ...
The PowerUp WHAT WORKS website offered free resources, materials and information to help educators ensure that their students, especially those with disabilities, meet the Common Core State Standards. PowerUp offered support for ongoing personal and professional learning through its resource library, which includes instructional strategy guides in English language arts ...
The science of learning and development (SoLD) is a cross-disciplinary body of knowledge that describes how people learn and develop. AIR is part of the SoLD Alliance, which serves as a resource to connect and support leaders in research, practice, and policy to transform America’s education systems and achieve equity ...
AIR researchers are analyzing the costs associated with a new professional development program as part of the Simulated Instruction in Mathematics Study (SIM PD) to capture systematically all personnel and non-personnel costs for implementing the intervention.
Connected Educator Month (CEM) is an annual, October-long collection of events and resources to connect educators and education stakeholders with professional learning experiences worldwide. Led by the American Institutes for Research, CEM 2016 seeks to create a more fully globally connected, evidence-based movement that fosters collaboration and innovation to transform ...