Increasing rates of opioid misuse, overdose, and death in America represent a complex public health emergency that merits widespread public and private resources and solutions. This brochure describes AIR's response to this public health crisis.
Traditionally, the bachelor's degree has been seen as the doorway to the middle class for most Americans, but is this still the case? In an economic environment increasingly defined by new technologies and global market places--does it make sense to spend four years in college getting a liberal arts degree? ...
The White House and U.S. Department of Education are celebrating today two federal education technology initiatives undertaken by AIR. The Office of Educational Technology released the 2016 National Education Technology Plan on the one-year anniversary of Future Ready, an effort to increase digital learning opportunities. The plan, written for educators, ...
Alison Hauser is a researcher with AIR focusing on early childhood. She is currently the survey task lead in the Evaluation of California’s Transitional Kindergarten Program and assisted with survey development on the Edwin Teaching and Learning project for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Hauser is has ...
Join AIR Thursday, February 15 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. EST to hear the results of a seven-year research project analyzing every enlisted veteran in federal databases and their use of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, as well as their college completion rates and IRS earnings, thanks to unprecedented interagency data-sharing. ...
Jessica Heppen, a nationally recognized expert in education research, policy, and practice, is the president & CEO of AIR. Dr. Heppen been with AIR for 20 years and, in that time, has held several key roles during her tenure.
In our May 2016 blog, Have You Met Carl Perkins, Chaney Mosley offered five changes to the Perkins Act that Congress might consider, in light of his years of CTE teaching and administration. In this blog post, Mosley addresses those changes based on the new bill and raises a few ...
AIR developed the CBE Program Model Map Framework in partnership with the Competency-Based Education Network and key advisors from leading CBE programs to be used by practitioners interested in understanding design options. We also present data from an extensive survey of the field in the CBE Program Model Map research ...
Connected Educator Month (CEM) is an annual, October-long collection of events and resources to connect educators and education stakeholders with professional learning experiences worldwide. This year, AIR is leading three CEM themes: Social and Emotional Learning in School Settings, Building Quality Beyond the Bell, and Multi-tiered Systems of Support. AIR ...
AIR experts will explore a variety of education research and finance topics during the 41st annual Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) conference, taking place at the Denver Marriott City Center in Denver, CO, March 17-19.