In 2025, AIR partnered with the Steans Family Foundation to conduct a landscape study of out-of-school-time policy, funding, and system priorities in Illinois to inform planning considerations for a more integrated OST system.
AIR is partnering with Propel America to evaluate the program’s impact and identify what is needed to scale effective sector‑based workforce training for higher‑wage healthcare pathways.
Keane Alavi has extensive experience in supporting educator talent development at the state, local, and national level. He supports states and districts in strengthening educator recruitment and retention, with an emphasis on the special educator workforce. He specializes in helping education agencies improve educator workforce data use, address staffing shortages, ...
AIR is inviting researchers, practitioners, developers, and organizations to share promising ideas and research directions that can strengthen health systems, improve population health, and advance responsible use.
AIR is partnering with the Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada to address the challenges K–12 education leaders face about how to allocate funding, staff, and other resources across schools and districts.
Arianna Caprioli is an expert in postsecondary education, STEM, student assessment and evaluation, academic design and delivery, technical assistance, cultural and linguistic competence, international education, and chronic and infectious diseases. At AIR, Dr. Arianna Caprioli has acquired almost a decade of experience in test development as part of a group of ...
AIR and the National League of Cities partnered to better understand how and why cities are adopting and implementing skills-based practices. Here’s what we’re learning.
AIR is partnering with the Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative in Atlanta and Albuquerque Community Safety to better understand what it takes to launch and sustain community‑based alternative response programs.
AIR, in partnership with the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison, conducted an exploratory study to understand how state laws, policies, and practices affect access to paid work-based learning opportunities for individuals who are incarcerated.
Donna Sacco has over 20 years of experience supporting special education and English learner initiatives at the national, state, and local levels. She currently works with the Northeast Comprehensive Center and the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southeast and West.Dr. Sacco has contributed to multiple Institute of Education Sciences (IES) research ...
