LEARN is a five-year program designed to improve literacy, health, and dietary practices of school-aged children, and to increase awareness of gender norms and sexual and gender-based violence in Liberia. In 2022, Save the Children began implementing LEARN II, with a focus on sustainability. AIR will continue to evaluate outcomes ...
In this second blog post in a series examining educational challenges facing youth in foster care, from early childhood into college, Trish Campie offers some promising solutions to creating pathways to college and career success.
Megan Austin is a principal researcher at AIR, where she develops and directs research studies and technical assistance projects for the Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory (REL Midwest), Southeast Regional Educational Laboratory (REL Southeast), and the U.S. Department of Education Office of State Support. She also designs, leads, and conducts analyses ...
AIR is working with the Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability to examine a rarely studied aspect of higher education finance: how colleges and universities spend money.
Abby Bandurraga is a senior TA consultant with 20 years of experience in workforce development and youth development and mental health. Most recently, she has focused on developing technical assistance and capacity building to support state apprenticeship agencies, including systems alignment between workforce boards, policymakers, and community-based organizations.
Bandurraga's primary ...
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.
The Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center (EMSTAC) was a five year contract between the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). It was funded from 1997-2001.
Of the approximately 175 countries on the World Bank’s Human Capital Index, Burkina Faso scores among the lowest, with more than 40 percent of the country’s population living below the national poverty line. In response to recurrent food crises, high levels of malnutrition, and low and unequal levels of education ...
Over the past three decades, charter schools have become the most popular form of school choice, especially in urban school districts. Using data from Florida, this study investigates the degree to which differences in teacher quality explain the effectiveness of charter schools.