The purpose of the five-year Preschool Research and Technical Assistance Project for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has been to offer research-based technical assistance to state and local entities on how to phase in access to high-quality preschool to all children in California, beginning in the neighborhoods with the ...
Sponsored by the USAID and implemented by AIR in collaboration with its Brazilian partners, Enter Jovem (“Enter Youth”) has been working since October 2003 in Bahia, Pernambuco, and Cearáto to train and insert disadvantaged youth between 14 and 21 years into the formal job market.
Virginia's vocational rehabilitation agencies offer individuals with disabilities a new way to navigate their careers. Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities (CPID) helps individuals with disabilities obtain new skills and credentials to seek employment in competitive, high-demand, high-quality occupations. ...
First responder fields—including law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency management services—serve a crucial role in the safety and well-being of communities around the country. Public citizens and officials have placed a renewed focus on improving agencies’ relations with their local communities by ensuring that first responders reflect the populations they serve. ...
In collaboration with our partners, government leaders, and field experts, AIR has worked to strengthen the evidence base, provide evidence-backed equity resources, and support equal access to programs that can help people and communities thrive.
Experts for the American Institutes for Research conducted studies on four issues - the cost of providing an adequate education, special education costs, extraordinarily successful schools and charter schools - as part of an unprecedented "Getting Down to Facts" research project conducted by the nation's leading universities and research institutions ...