The PROMISE Center, Promoting Resilience, Opportunity, and Mobility in Support of Equity, is committed to uncovering the most effective strategies to build a 21st century workforce development ecosystem that helps all people succeed and thrive.
While communities have made progress in the last decade to reconnect youth to opportunities to thrive and build skills through school and employment, the COVID-19 pandemic threatens this progress. Now is the time to address this inequity through a learning agenda for opportunity youth. This brief explores the promise of ...
Since 2021, AIR has supported the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board’s (IWIB) efforts to champion equity within the Illinois workforce system and ensure that all customers are on pathways to success. AIR served as the lead facilitator for the IWIB’s Equity Task Force in 2021 and 2022; this work culminated in ...
What type of organization structure would be most conducive to building a sustainable, integrated service delivery system?
As part of our study, we found that a variety of grantee structures may encourage a more effective service delivery system in terms of stability and coordination.
AIR is partnering with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to provide technical assistance through the Competency Model Clearinghouse.
Experts from AIR played a key role in preparing a new report released June 23, 2011, by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). "Achievement Gaps: How Hispanic and White Students in Public Schools Perform in Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress" provides detailed information on ...
Christina Yancey, an expert at conducting and directing evaluations of workforce development programs and policies, is joining AIR as a vice president, leading AIR’s workforce program area.
Niu Gao is a principal researcher at AIR specializing in K-12 education policy. Her current work focuses on COVID-19 and education, and she is leading multiple projects to examine the impact of the pandemic on K-12 education and identify effective strategies to help students recover—and recover equitably. Her other areas ...