Anthony Adkisson is a principal TA consultant at AIR with over 20 years of combined experience in workforce development and the health and human services field. In this role, he provides leadership to a team of staff supporting Job Corps Business Engagement Initiative and Enrollment Services Systems projects. Previously, he ...
The initiatives to enhance adult learning program accountability and assessment systems of the following states are described in this paper: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia.
The Rural Community Hospital Demonstration provides enhanced Medicare reimbursement for inpatient services to small rural hospitals that do not qualify as critical access hospitals. AIR is leading the evaluation of the RCHD for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
According to new AIR analysis of an international survey, a surprisingly large number of adults in the United States cannot apply reading or math skills to solve simple real life problems. In this blog post, Dan Sherman discusses the PIACC results he says educators, researchers, and policymakers need to explore ...
Meghan Wills is a senior TA consultant in the Workforce program at AIR. Her primary responsibilities include providing strategic support and technical assistance to strengthen and modernize the Registered Apprenticeship system and expanding the use of Registered Apprenticeship to train and prepare the educator workforce.Wills has more than 12 years ...
Erin Duckett is a TA consultant in the Workforce Program Area at AIR with over 15 years of experience in workforce development, with an emphasis on apprenticeship and sector partnerships. Duckett is a skilled facilitator, trainer, and coach with experience implementing and coaching apprenticeship expansion efforts. Her primary responsibilities fall under ...
Advances in the treatment of kidney disease through better diagnosis and incentives for preventive care; increased access to home dialysis and kidney transplants; and greater investment in the development of breakthrough technologies like wearable or implantable artificial kidneys were recently launched by a 2019 Executive Order. AIR recently supported these ...
The Florida Literacy and Reading Excellence (FLaRE) professional development (PD) study examined the effects of receiving FLaRE support vs. not, and receiving high vs. low levels of support.
Sarah D. Sahni has more than 15 years of experience in research design, quantitative analysis, and project management. She has led efforts to establish and refine processes for conducting systematic reviews of evaluation rigor and findings for multiple projects including the U.S. Department of Education’s Mathematics and Science Partnerships and ...
National surveys show that vaccination rates for young children (19–35 months old) in rural areas are lower for nearly all recommended vaccines. AIR is conducting a qualitative study for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to understand facilitators of and barriers to vaccination in rural U.S. communities. ...