The workforce development community needs quality resources to help people with disabilities attain meaningful employment. Maher & Maher, an AIR affiliate, works with the U.S. Department of Labor to manage WorkforceGPS, an online technical assistance platform, resource clearinghouse, and an invested community of workforce system stakeholders from across the country. ...
Emerging findings from neuroscience, psychology, sociology illuminate the optimal human development periods—early childhood and adolescence—when we must act with intention and care. The Readiness Projects will bolster projects that support the readiness of youth, adults, systems, and community leaders by finding ways to test the utility of the learning sciences ...
Nearly 60 education experts from AIR will present current research findings during the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, being held virtually April 8-12, 2021. This year’s meeting theme is “Accepting Educational Responsibility,” and encourages attendees, as citizens and scholars, to do more with evidence to educate the ...
Like all organizations and institutions, AIR is responding to the global coronavirus pandemic. In these most unusual circumstances, we remain committed to improving people’s lives through research, evaluation, and technical assistance and serving the needs of our communities, our clients, and our partners. Read a message from our CEO, David ...
Many international development programs rarely make the effort to involve disabled persons organizations as stakeholders, and as a result, fail to address the needs of people with disabilities in a strategic and inclusive manner. The purpose of the ENGAGE Project was to advance inclusive development assistance practices. Working in Pakistan, ...
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.
States can play a critical role in advancing the development and use of early warning systems (EWS). In this video, AIR expert Susan Therriault discussed her research on early warning systems and how she had helped conduct research and support states developing their own EWS.
The 2014 Attorney General’s Advisory Committee report on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence proclaimed the need for a re-imagined and re-created tribal juvenile justice system focused on prevention, treatment, and healing. AIR and its partners seek to serve and support the vision of promoting the health and well-being ...