Researchers specializing in childhood development with AIR will discuss topics ranging from childcare and teacher professional development to transitional kindergarten and early childhood programs in Palestine during the Society for Research in Childhood Development 2015 Biennial Meeting, which is taking place March 19 – 21 in Philadelphia, PA. ...
Experts on early childhood and child development with AIR will discuss topics ranging from Head Start and teacher professional development to school climate and summer kindergarten during the Society for Research in Childhood Development (SRCD) 2013 Biennial Meeting, which is taking place April 18 – 20 in Seattle, WA.
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Children who primarily attended day care, preschool and other types of center-based care in the year before kindergarten earned higher scores in math and reading and had stronger learning and cognitive flexibility skills than their peers who had no such early care and education arrangements, according to a new report ...
Experts from AIR will present at several sessions during the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. The conference will be held March 21-23 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md. AIR experts will present on a wide variety of topics, such as early childhood ...
Experts from AIR will present at several sessions during the annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management research conference. AIR experts will discuss a variety of topics in the areas of education and workforce development, including educator licensing and deployment; transitions to careers among low-income youth; the impacts of ...
A program that uses music, drama and dance to teach young students basic math concepts has demonstrated a significant positive effect equivalent to one to two months of learning, according to a new brief from AIR. The brief builds on the results of a randomized-controlled trial of Wolf Trap’s Early ...
A project directed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in Egypt, and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has opened the country's largest school complex, a facility benefiting 4,600 students.
On the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling that desegregated U.S. schools, AIR is awarding $5.8 million in grants to fund programs and initiatives to create more integrated, equitable education experiences for preK-12 public school students in the U.S.
A new guide using strict scientific criteria to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of 22 widely adopted comprehensive elementary school reform models rates 15 as “limited” to “moderately strong” in demonstrating positive effects on student achievement.
More than 70 members of the American Institutes for Research will be participating in this year's American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, discussing a wide range of topics, including the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), school bullying and high school reform. The AERA conference will be held on ...