Roughly one in five women nationally is sexually assaulted while in college. This diverse collection of tools uses trauma-informed care as a foundation for helping university health centers deal with this crisis.
AIR experts will present on a wide range of topics related to education finance at the Association for Education Finance and Policy's (AEFP) 38th annual conference March 14-16, 2013 in New Orleans, LA. AIR presentations will include value-added models, human capital management, student choice, teacher effectiveness, and more. ...
When launching a new program, education leaders often provide teachers with a few days of training and then send them back to the classroom. Once there, teachers may discover they have no clear idea of what the program should look like in practice. Innovation Configurations solve this problem by providing ...
Laura Checovich is a senior communications specialist at AIR. Skilled in bridging the gap between research and practice, Checovich reaches and informs stakeholders through a combination of events, documentaries, workshops, newsletters, videos, and social media. She is attentive to how the audiences reached by her work consume information and works ...
Work-based learning provides participants with the opportunity to combine classroom training with on-the-job learning, and is a continuum of activities, including apprenticeships, that connect classroom learning with real work and career pathways. AIR partners with public and private sector organizations at the national, state, regional, and local levels to advance ...
The initiatives to enhance adult learning program accountability and assessment systems of the following states are described in this paper: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia.
On June 29, the Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious college admissions policies are unlawful under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. In our role as a convener of ideas and insights, we are publishing essays from three leading scholars on affirmative action, higher education policy, and diversity. ...
To improve education at the school and district levels, it takes real-world, face-to-face partnerships among a variety of stakeholders at the school, district, and state levels, with support from researchers. AIR experts support and study networked improvement communities to find out what works.
The Adult Education Research and Technical Assistance Center (AERTAC) at AIR conducts research and provides technical assistance to states and local programs to improve the adult education system.
In April 2010, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) adopted regulations to formalize the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s approach to engaging with all schools to improve student performance. This impact study found that the disbursement of federal Title I School Improvement Grants in the ...