Most children in low- and middle-income countries are in bilingual or multilingual educational contexts; yet, there is little evidence on how to successfully structure learning in these environments. AIR’s team of experts is at the forefront of conducting research and technical assistance to help solve this problem. ...
AIR is partnering with the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative and BloomBoard Inc. to evaluate a micro-credential teacher professional learning program that focuses on building student skills in computer science and computational thinking through the Teach Tech Kentucky program.
The Government of Botswana is committed to helping all students to reach their full potential in both academic and non-academic areas. To fulfill that goal, the country is introducing a national remediation and enrichment program in all its primary and secondary schools. With funding from the United Nations Children’s Fund ...
Over the last 50 years, schooling has expanded dramatically in most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, while children are in school more than ever before in LMICs, on average, over 50% of them are not acquiring foundational literacy and numeracy skills. This systematic review examined the impact of language ...
Unprecedented interagency sharing of individual-level data has allowed the first in-depth assessment on the use and outcomes of the Post-9/11 GI Bill across all military branches. Experts from AIR conducted the study with researchers from the Census Bureau and the Veterans Administration’s National Center for Veterans Analysis & Statistics. ...
Jennie Jiang is a senior researcher at AIR. She has led several large mixed-method studies on accountability, assessment policy, organizational practices, and data use. She has also designed and led several qualitative studies to understand participant experiences with and implementation of policies and programs. Jiang is the project director of ...
AIR works actively to ensure that all our partners, including small businesses and consultants, have equal access to short and long-term assignments, at all stages of the procurement process.
The Center on Great Teachers and Leaders builds bridges from today's educator workforce challenges to a future where every student can thrive while learning from a highly qualified and talented educator workforce.
Community colleges serve many critical purposes for residents within their local service areas by providing relatively low-cost, open-access postsecondary education and workforce-focused training. Given the hyperlocal enrollment of community college students and their primarily economic reasons for choosing to enroll in college, measures of economic value within the community context ...
Kwelin Pipkin is senior program manager with the AIR Opportunity Fund. Pipkin works to combine research and technical assistance with real-world applications, leading the Opportunity Fund's work in the interconnected areas of workforce development, community health and well-being.
