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In this commentary published in the Hill, Dan Goldhaber, AIR vice president and director of CALDER, and John C. White, ...
AIR has been a leader in the evolution of patient and family engagement as a key quality improvement strategy. In ...
Each year, 700,000 people are released from federal and state prisons. For many, the transition home is not easy. They ...
The U.S. Department of Education commissioned AIR to conduct a national study to evaluate how adult education operates at the ...
In a study prepared for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, AIR Senior Researchers ...
Every spring, the National Center for Education Statistics releases an omnibus report, The Condition of Education. In this Q&A, Jijun ...
David Osher is a leading expert in violence prevention, conditions for learning, and school safety. The principal investigator on three ...
Just like physical health, mental health is crucial to everyone’s well-being. For Mental Health Awareness Month, five AIR experts reflected ...
Gretchen Weber is still a teacher at heart. A National Board Certified Teacher, she thinks of herself as a voice ...
The college admissions scandal that broke in March 2019 drew attention to the lengths that a few people go to ...
Tammie M. Causey-Konaté, deputy director of the Southeast Comprehensive Center and senior technical assistance consultant at AIR, lived through the ...
Research has firmly established that the first five years of a child’s life are critical for future success in school ...
The Chinle Unified School District faced both leadership challenges and teacher retention problems prior to the 2016-2017 school year. In ...
Successfully navigating work and life requires key skills—and the ability to adapt to a fast-changing, digital world. The go-to source ...
The 2012 Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration program was designed to strengthen existing youth mentoring programs across the United States. In this ...
State and school district leaders, whether relative newcomers to ESSA or entrenched in implementation, will find detailed information on states’ ...
Career and technical education (CTE) continues to gain traction with state and national policymakers, researchers, and educators across the country—evidenced ...
Dr. Deborah Moroney specializes in bridging research and practice, having worked as a staff member for out-of-school programs early in ...
Research tells us that cultivating a culture where students feel safe, engaged, and ready to learn is an important factor ...
The First 1000 Most Critical Days program was designed to provide women in Zambia with a host of maternal and ...