Through AIR's work with the USAID's Quality Reading Project in Tajikistan, local fourth-grade teacher Guljahon Rahmonova received specialized in-service training. Read about her experiences in her own words.
Justice-impacted youth remain a historically under-represented demographic in workforce, as well as in career and technical education (CTE) programs. To address this under-representation, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) collaborated with AIR to develop a comprehensive resource of best practices and strategies aimed at recruiting justice-involved students into ...
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 ...
Safe and supportive school communities foster students’ social, emotional, and academic needs. Educators want actionable strategies and practices to ensure that all students can access equitable learning environments. Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools helps school leaders make sense of the various evidence-based resources and frameworks designed to support the whole ...
Very little is known about what resources are required to operate high-quality Out-of-School Time (OST) programs. The purpose of this study is to develop timely and relevant estimates of OST program costs and the funding necessary to support high-quality OST programs. AIR will use state-of-the-field methods for determining education program ...
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.
Developing and implementing a national educational assessment system for monitoring and supporting quality of education is a key investment for ensuring that quality goals of education in Bangladesh will be reached as planned. AIR provides technical assistance to the Ministry of Education in Bangladesh in developing, analyzing, and reporting national ...
High-quality preschool programs can have far reaching benefits for kids, parents, and communities—and they can provide a high return on initial investments. This 10 Series report summarizes our key findings about local preschool initiatives in 10 U.S. communities.
Researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and funders are increasingly aware of the powerful potential for summertime experiences and the need to design, implement, and continuously improve summertime experiences for all.
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.