The Institute conducts knowledge – and tool – generating research to develop and promote the concept of smart education systems. The aim is to deepen and broaden our understanding of the foundational dimensions of an SES and to build the case for a comprehensive education system that is able to provide high-quality learning experiences for all students in all the places where they learn.

Focusing in particular on the roles of district and community and the ways in which they interact, the Institute’s research projects include long-term data and issue analysis and development of processes and tools to support school district and community education improvement efforts. The ultimate goal is to promote a vision of an education system characterized by results and equity at scale.

Projects
Learn about our current research and policy projects.

Current Projects

> Education Policy for Action Series

> Grassroots Community and Youth Organizing:
    AERA Special Interest Group

> Organized Communities, Stronger Schools: The Impact of
    Education Organizing on Public School Reform

> Leading Indicators of Educational Improvement

> Education Data and Analysis

> Research Consortium for the Rhode Island Urban
    Education Task Force

> School Safety and Discipline

> Urban Education Policy Master’s Program at
    Brown University

Recent Projects

> Mayoral Control Policy Analysis

> Pathways to College: Schools that Beat the Odds

> Educating Homeless Students in NYC

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Products
Access our research reports, tools, case studies, and publications.

> AISR products on research and policy

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Staff
Meet our research team.

> Jacob Mishook, Senior Research Associate

> Michelle Renee, Research Associate

> Sara McAlister, Research Associate

> Christina Mokhtar, Research Associate

> Ivonne Garcia, Research Analyst

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