Research Group Taps Former Chiefs as Consultants
Think Tank Recruits Ex-school Leaders to Guide District Change
When the state of Ohio was looking for a practical, roll-up-the-shirt-sleeves strategist to turn around the academically troubled Mansfield city school district last year, it turned to … the American Institutes for Research?
The state’s choice was not as unorthodox as it might seem. Long established as a Washington-based think tank specializing in objective social-science research, the 1,200-employee nonprofit research group, better known by its acronym AIR, is now also in the business of school district consulting.
For the past 18 months, the 59-year-old organization has quietly recruited former superintendents from Cincinnati, New York City, Seattle, and other cities to spearhead a new consulting division that blends research knowledge with practical know-how in the service of...
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