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    What We’ve Learned About Creating Safe, Equitable, and Engaging Schools

    25 Feb 2022
    The theme of Public Schools Week 2022 is “Creating Safe, Equitable and Engaging Public Schools,” which directly aligns to the AIR-authored volume, Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools. AIR’s David Osher and Mary Cathryn Ricker from the Shanker Institute provide fresh insights on what safe, equitable, and engaging means in our ...

  • Connecting Research to Practice for English Learners │ Center for ELs

    AIR provides valuable technical assistance and professional development to help states and districts improve instruction and learning for ELs. We tailor our services to meet the specific needs of our clients in the following areas: early childhood education, district work in K-12 curriculum and instruction, technical assistance with districts, and ...

  • Measurement and Psychometrics

    AIR’s nationally recognized methodologists, psychometricians, and statisticians use the most advanced questionnaire development methods and state-of-the-art psychometric procedures to provide our clients with world-class survey data and findings whose validity and reliability typically exceed industry standards. ...

  • Health Insurance Exchanges: The Year Ahead

    04 Jan 2013
    The New Year will be critical for one of the health care reform law’s most significant provisions: the creation of health insurance exchanges. These new virtual marketplaces allow consumers and small business to comparison shop for health insurance, increasing coordination and simplifying access to affordable health insurance. ...
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    School Funding Evaluation Focuses on Equity for Students—and Taxpayers

    15 Mar 2021
    AIR’s most recent study of school funding in New Hampshire, a collaboration with the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, exemplifies how conventional and novel research methods can provide states with a deep understanding of the impact of school funding on student success. ...
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    How Can Community COVID-19 Rates Inform Decisions on Reopening Schools?

    09 Feb 2021
    COVID-19 has profoundly disrupted K–12 schooling. A working paper from AIR’s National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) suggests the prevalence of COVID in the community could be an important factor in deciding whether public schools reopen or remain open.

  • Stories from the DSI Digest Archive │ District and School Improvement Center

    The District and School Improvement Center at AIR is proud to share stories of our work with district and school administrators and teacher leaders across the country. In each issue, we share how our partnership supports practices for continuous improvement as well as the latest from AIR education research. ...
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    Literacy Around the World

    08 Sep 2022
    Founded to actively mobilize the international community and to promote literacy as an instrument to empower individuals, communities, and societies, International Literacy Day is celebrated around the world. Learn more about the projects, people, research, and in-country technical assistance that are contributing to the effort. ...

  • Workforce Development

    Even with unemployment rates at historic lows, over 6 million American remain out of work. AIR has an experienced team that is passionate about improving workforce outcomes to expand economic opportunity. We work with both workforce development stakeholders to develop and link the right workers to the right jobs and ...

  • English Learners

    English learners can be supported by conducting rigorous research and evaluation to improve instruction and learning, evaluating policy to inform decision-making, and enhancing EL practice at the district, school, and classroom level. The core of AIR's work supporting ELs is done through the Center for English Learners. EL students can ...