In this essay, Natasha Warikoo, Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Sociology at Tufts University, weighs in on the implications of the June 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision on affirmative action and how higher education might move forward.
Community colleges are one of the pillars of the workforce development system in the United States. Through our work on community college workforce programs, the PROMISE Center at AIR aims to build a better understanding of what makes effective programs work so that those insights can be applied more broadly ...
Cultivating Oral Language Literacy Talent in Students (COLLTS) is a research-based, early childhood language and literacy program developed by staff at the Center for English Language Learners at AIR. The COLLTS program is exclusive to Bebop Books, and uses interactive reading to promote the development of foundational and pre-reading skills, ...
We believe that school leaders must be results-driven instructional leaders and change agents. These core beliefs have resulted in an industry-leading model for leadership coaching that is focused on developing the skills and behaviors that will lead to improved outcomes for all learners. Our competency-based leadership coaching model is focused ...
The AIR Equity Initiative works to build relationships that inform and extend the reach and impact of our work. Through engagement and communication activities, we invite dialogue, encourage action, and develop relationships to forge meaningful paths forward.
The widespread closure of school buildings and the shift to virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic has affected some students more profoundly than others. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, AIR hosted a webinar in which we explored new survey data on how the pandemic impacted the education of students with ...
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More than 60 staff members of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) have been selected to participate in this year's annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), which will be held in New York City on March 24-28, 2008.
In the fall of 2014, the National Center on Family Homelessness at AIR presented a series of webinars that addressed the impact of trauma on veterans and highlighted trauma-informed care as an organization-wide approach to understanding and responding to trauma. Special focus was given to the experiences of women veterans ...
On June 18, 2024, AIR presented an engaging webinar with child welfare systems leaders who were early adopters in strategies to work across health and human services systems to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being.