In a rapidly changing work environment, access to timely, effective workforce training opportunities is critical for ensuring economic mobility and prosperity for underserved individuals and communities. The AIR Opportunity Fund supports grants focused on reducing barriers to workforce training.
AIR is partnering with NAF (formerly the National Academy Foundation), a national non-profit organization that has more than 40 years of experience supporting districts, schools, and educators in implementing the career academy model to prepare students for success in college and careers.
For the past decade, AIR has partnered with more than a dozen SEAs to support the review, revision, and implementation of their social studies standards. In every collaboration, there are numerous opportunities and challenges specific to the needs and concerns of each state. As a whole, these experiences provide us ...
Research has shared ideas on how best to support the social-emotional health of students, and the AIR-developed resource, Supporting Student Well-Being and Learning: A Transition Tool, is designed to provide district leadership teams with the tools to implement effective approaches to addressing student mental health and learning. ...
Maria Payri is a researcher in the Youth, Family, and Community Development program at AIR. Payri has over 10 years of experience as an evaluator with expertise in qualitative research and survey design for large-scale federal studies such as the National Household Education Study (NHES), where she serves as qualitative ...
Yibing Li has experience in education research and evaluation and specializes in research design and advanced quantitative methods. Her methodological specializes include randomized controlled trials and various quasi-experimental designs, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, and longitudinal data analysis She directs and co-directs large scale research and evaluation projects funded by the ...
Alex Bishop, PMP has more than a decade of experience leading applied research and evaluation projects across education, workforce, and social policy. Her work is grounded in a strong interest in understanding people—their experiences, challenges, and decisionmaking—and using those insights to support practical improvements that enhance outcomes and lived experiences.Bishop ...
Kam Williams and Dominique Bradley met when Dominique co-taught a class offered as part of AIR’s Pipeline Partnership Program, which provides students with mentorship, hands-on research experience, and training in advanced methodologies—equipping them with the skills to address complex societal challenges. As part of the P3 program, some participants are ...
Health experts from AIR will present and share findings at AcademyHealth’s 2023 Annual Research Meeting (ARM), being held June 24-27 in Seattle, Washington. AcademyHealth is a leading national organization serving the fields of health services and policy research.
Based on decades of research on expert human tutoring and artificial intelligence (AI) in computer-based training systems, AIR, Per Scholas, and University of Memphis are exploring intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) as a mechanism for helping sectoral training programs improve outcomes for learners.
