AIR’s work in civic learning draws on the diverse content and methodological expertise of AIR staff and the collaborations we form with clients and partners. Our research and technical assistance cuts across several areas of civic learning.
Washington state is invested in social and emotional learning (SEL) as a key lever for supporting student success in school and in life. AIR has partnered with Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) in building capacity across the state to implement the statewide SEL framework. ...
The death of George Floyd, along with racial inequities exacerbated by the global coronavirus pandemic, pushed racial justice issues to the forefront of our conversations in 2020. Sarah Caverly and David Osher discuss the effects on education, using the Austin Independent School District as an example of how a school ...
As a counterpoint to the increasingly common media reports on school boards that highlight dysfunction and disruption, this report profiles two California school districts—Napa Valley and San José Unified School Districts—that have collaborative and productive approaches to governance.
Native Alaskan children, who are a majority of the children placed out-of-home in the state, face many challenges, as do Navajo Nation families in all 50 states. The Western and Pacific Child Welfare Implementation Center was funded by the Children’s Bureau at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...
Thomas Snyder is a managing director at AIR, with over 40 years of experience in working with the federal statistical system. He serves as a project advisor and reviewer for the Data Analytic and Evaluation Studies project for the Department of Education Office of the Chief Data Officer and directs ...
The Wind River Elementary Computer Science Collaborative is team of teachers, professional development providers, and researchers working together to bring culturally relevant computer science education to Indigenous elementary school students who live on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.
Contributing and working alongside Native Nations, AIR has a deep commitment to engaging communities, fostering shared vision and values, building capacity, and developing strategic alliances to achieve sustainable systems change in Indian Country.
Kamal Middlebrook is a research associate at AIR. His primary responsibilities include supporting evidence synthesis and measurement equity across education research. Middlebrook also focuses on equity in the workforce, among other systems across health and human development. He has extensive experience in survey research methods, along with other quantitative methods ...
Battle Creek Public Schools engaged AIR in fall 2017 to conduct an evaluation of a district transformation process, which began with a grant from the W. K. Kellogg foundation. AIR is sharing some findings from the transformation process, the first half of which was pre-pandemic, and the second half ...