The Center on Great Teacher and Leaders: Advancing state efforts to grow, respect, and retain great educators. Managed by American Institutes for Research

Washington, DC
Joined April 2013
Voting is open for #SXSWEDU! Support AIR’s panel on how AI and economic shifts are impacting youth opportunity. Vote in the #PanelPicker to bring this critical conversation to the stage: 🔗 participate.sxsw.com/flow/sx… #AIinWorkforce #YouthDevelopment
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AIR’s Rachel Cook received the Rising Star Award at the NAWRS Workshop! For nearly 20 years, she’s helped communities improve outcomes through research in workforce, child welfare and education. 🌟🏆 📷: Senior Researcher Rachel Cook (r), with NAWRS President-Elect Maggie Renno
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The June 2025 AIR newsletter is out! This month’s highlights include: - New tools to improve school environments - Strategies to expand rural health care access - Support for STEM students’ career readiness And more! Read the full newsletter: icont.ac/513Sf
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Supporting educators goes beyond professional development—it means prioritizing their well-being. On #TeacherAppreciationDay, learn how @GTLCenter and Experience Management Institute worked with @OHEducation to create resources for educator wellness: ohiohcrc.org/well-being
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It’s National Apprenticeship Day 2025! 🎉 Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Programs (RTAPs) nationwide are preparing future teachers through innovative, “earn-while-you-learn” pathways! To learn more, check out the CEEDAR Center’s RTAP resources ➡️ ceedar.education.ufl.edu/tea…
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Congratulations to the 2025 State Teachers of the Year! Visit ntoy.ccsso.org to learn who is representing your state! #NTOY25
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Wishing you a merry & bright #Christmas! #MerryChristmas
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To everyone marking the start of Hanukkah tonight: We hope the holiday brings light and celebration. Happy Hanukkah! #Hanukkah #HappyHanukkah
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It’s National Apprenticeship Week! Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) are essential partners when developing Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Programs (RTAPs). Learn more about the role of EPPs in this resource from AIR and AACTE. air.org/resource/report/take…
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#FastFact: Of the 36% of 2020-21 public school principals who indicated they plan to stay principals, 84% remained at the same school, 5% moved to a different school, and 7% left the principalship in 2021–22. #NationalPrincipalsMonth Learn more: nces.ed.gov/pubs2023/2023046…
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Thanks for having us! The AIR/@RELMidwest team were at the @nctm #NCTMCHI24 helping 6th grade teachers incorporate computational thinking and student-focused practices into their #math curriculum. ✏️ ies.ed.gov/ncee/rel/Products…
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We will be posting more details about the individual projects on the @caldercenter soon, and plan to give a preview at next year's CALDER Conference in Arlington, VA. HOLD THE DATE!: March 12th, 2025 where all the magic will happen (well, at least a free lunch). 9/9
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The first of our final two sessions of our Progress Monitoring Workshop series takes place in just 3 hours! Register NOW to participate in Session 1: Creating an Effective Progress Monitoring Plan. air-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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What are the 10 key features for redesigning high school? LPI's new interactive report explores how schools can create learning environments and experiences in which all groups of students can thrive. redesigninghighschool.org/
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Join us this week for the launch of our 2024 Texas Teacher Poll as we explore the key takeaways from our research compiled from listening to a representative sample of Texas teachers and their unique perspectives. Register today at us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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We hosted a webinar this year on lessons about effective school board governance. Listen to this short clip from SJUSD board member José Magaña giving his take on one of the key lessons that emerged: tinyurl.com/yxv4eh23. For the full recording: tinyurl.com/358tas2s
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Really excited to see this piece out in @EducationNext. Web-scraped job postings are a great and timely data source to quantify demand for and difficulty in hiring different teachers over time; e.g., almost a quarter of special education posts in WA remain open for over 8 weeks.
Here's a thought piece (by me, Grace, @RoddyTheobald, and Maia) about using web scraping to get real time (or close to it) data about the state of the educator labor market. A Better Measure of Teacher Shortages educationnext.org/a-better-m…
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With the 2024-25 school year already underway in some places, we wanted to draw your attention to @TheNCII's Goal Setting Tools & Resources to support teams in setting academic and behavior goals using progress monitoring data. intensiveintervention.org/im…
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