2026 AIM Institute Hosts Two Decades of Celebrating Research to Practice: Reflecting on Impact
March 2 @ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
14th Annual Research to Practice Symposium
This FREE, full-day virtual learning experience brings together renowned literacy researchers—each a past recipient of AIM’s Hollis Scarborough Award—for eight dynamic presentations reflecting on how their research has shaped instruction and supported readers over time. Unique to this event, researchers will examine the real-world classroom impact of their work alongside four expert-led practitioner panels, where educators translate research into actionable tools and strategies. Drawing more than 5,000 educators annually, this milestone symposium celebrates AIM’s 20th anniversary and its founding belief that research is most powerful when it lives in practice.
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“Bridging the gap between research and practice is critical as we strive to provide every child with effective opportunities to benefit from our instruction. For us to close this formidable fissure between what appears in the scientific literature and the daily practices employed in classrooms, researchers and practitioners need opportunities to come together as equals and exchange knowledge and experiences in a way that promotes improved and efficacious approaches to instruction. The AIM Research Symposium is such an opportunity to do just this.”
– Donald L. Compton, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Education,
Florida Center for Reading Research