Black and Latino individuals are arrested, detained, convicted, and incarcerated at significantly higher rates than their White and Asian counterparts for similar crimes. And within consistent police encounters, Black and Latino people are more likely to experience force. The Institute for American Police Reform (IAPR) offers a promising framework for ...
The National Reentry Resource Center (operated by AIR from 2019-2023) supports the provision of a comprehensive response to the adults and juveniles who leave prisons, jails and juvenile residential facilities and return to their communities with support from the Second Chance Act.
The State Support Network was a technical assistance initiative of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of State Support, operated from 2016 to 2020 and designed to support state and district school improvement efforts.
AIR developed a systematic, transparent, evidence-based protocol to review and translate the extant research about juvenile drug courts and related interventions into comprehensive, reasonable, actionable, understandable, and measurable guidelines.
Over a million adults participate in programs each year that are designed to improve their literacy, English proficiency, and other foundational skills that will prepare them for further education and rewarding jobs. The Collaborative Research for Educating Adults with Technology Enhancements (CREATE Adult Skills Network) is designed to facilitate the ...
Reading Apprenticeship is a professional learning program for middle and high school teachers to help students be successful readers in content areas. AIR, as a sub to WestEd, and funded by U.S. Department of Education, is implementing an impact and implementation evaluation of a SEED grant over the course of ...
The Midwest Comprehensive Center provided technical assistance to the state education agencies (SEAs) of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin with a focus on building the capacity of the SEA to support districts and schools to ensure that all students graduate high school ready for college or a career. Technical assistance ...
Youth violence disrupts communities and businesses, increases health care costs, and decreases property values—not to mention the human impact. The Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) in Massachusetts combines health and safety approaches to eliminating serious violence among high-risk, urban youth. Does it work? Three new AIR evaluations, ...
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's Evidence Support Center helps educators navigate the path from evidence to practice. The Center has developed a library of strategies to support the identification and implementation of evidence-based strategies. The dynamic, user-friendly interface allows users to match their needs and context to outcomes they want to improve and identify ...