How do the condition, design, and use of facilities affect student achievement, teacher quality, teacher retention, and community support? In this blog post, Mark Schneider notes that this is a critical issue that too few understand, and suggests we need to know much more about the condition of our school ...
While we believe wholly in numbers and facts, they don't tell the full, human story. Karen Francis, AIR Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, offers a stirring personal account of a recent trip visiting AIR-supported projects in Tanzania and Zambia.
Through the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, the USDA provides support to low-income, food-deficit countries around the globe to reduce hunger and improve literacy and primary education, especially for girls. Since 2013, AIR has conducted over 25 evaluations of McGovern Dole Food for Education projects around ...
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.
AIR’s early childhood cost and finance team informs state decisions about the true cost of high-quality early care and education, the systems that support it, and revenue sources that can fund it. Our work has focused on childcare subsidies, different preschool models, and support for birth-to-five children with special needs. ...