Some of the nation’s lowest-performing schools implementing a school intervention model funded by a School Improvement Grant (SIG) used more practices intended to improve student achievement than similar schools that didn’t implement a SIG-funded model. However, there was no evidence that SIG directly led to greater use of practices or ...
Dozens of AIR experts will participate in the 2023 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference, being held November 9–11 in Atlanta. Aligned with this year’s conference theme, Policy that Matters: Making Public Services Work for All, AIR-affiliated sessions underscore the importance of generating evidence-based solutions ...
In this blog post, Matthew Soldner argues that, as Congress works on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, the need for far better research and access to federal student aid data should be high on its agenda.
The AIR Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES) announces its Social Determinants of Addiction Webinar Series: The 4Ps—People, Policy, Programs, and Practice.
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.
Funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, AIR conducted a descriptive study in San Francisco Unified School District and the Oakland Unified School District on the Weighted Student Funding policy, sometimes referred to as student-based funding, for the Regional Educational Laboratory-West.
Experts from AIR will present at several sessions during the annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) research conference, being held November 8-10 in Washington, D.C. APPAM is a professional organization dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education. This is ...
The Workforce Innovation and Learning team at AIR helps government, philanthropic, and non-profit decisionmakers create the most impact with their investments by testing and scaling evidence-driven innovation in workforce policies and programs.
Established by AIR nearly 20 years ago, the Center for Special Education Finance (CSEF) has assisted the federal government and many states in measuring special education costs and expenditures and in formulating fiscal policy.
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.