As the number of federal disaster declarations increases, so does the challenge of protecting more than 60,000 youth in residential and correctional facilities from disaster-related injury and trauma. In June 2014, AIR trained representatives from six juvenile justice systems in disaster planning on topics such as preparing to shelter in ...
Ensuring that secondary students are adequately prepared for college and career pathways after high school remains a critical priority for schools, education systems, and policymakers. In response to policy mandates for more explicit College and Career Readiness (CCR) requirements in K–12 academic standards, states have responded with varied approaches to ...
The Equitable Attendance Policy Partnership (EAPP) aims to support states interested in examining and improving attendance policies and approaches, particularly for students and families with lived experience of the truancy process.
Girls are the fastest growing segment of the juvenile justice population. They enter the juvenile justice system at younger ages than boys and with complex needs. Many have experienced multiple traumatic events, and a majority of girls in juvenile detention experience mental health challenges.
AIR is developing a 12-month part-time Justice Equity Fellowship for individuals directly impacted by the justice system. The goals of the Fellowship include (a) advancing employment opportunities in research and technical assistance positions for individuals directly impacted by the justice system and (b) supporting AIR’s organizational learning and development to ...
AIR is currently investigating the costs associated with the use of text messaging systems aimed at increasing community college student enrollment and persistence in Kentucky, Arizona, Alabama, and New Mexico.
AIR developed the Massachusetts Early Warning Indicators System (EWIS) for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) which identifies students who are at-risk of not meeting key benchmarks (e.g., reading by the end of third grade, graduating from high school) along a student's educational trajectory. In 2012 every ...
Between 2001 and 2010, Massachusetts recorded 639 homicide victims aged 14 to 24. In response, the state implemented a variety of violence reduction programs, most recently through the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative, which AIR and its partners are evaluating.
The purpose of this project is to plan, research, design, and execute the annual Indicators of School Crime and Safety, a flagship report co-sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
AIR works with the electrical training ALLIANCE’s apprenticeship program to conduct job analysis and implement and test apprentice selection procedures.