AIR Experts will present at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center and the Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center taking place November 4-8 in Atlanta, GA. This year’s conference theme, “Creating the Healthiest Nation: Climate Changes Health” is designed to ...
Free online resources to help couples deal with the challenges created when one of them suffers a traumatic brain injury are now available on the federally-funded Model Systems Knowledge Translations Center website to help both partners navigate changes in their relationship.
A recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health indicates that nearly one-third of people aged 12 years and older who used drugs illegally for the first time began by using a prescription drug for a nonmedical purpose. Over the past decade, adolescent prescription drug abuse has become such a ...
AIR Institute Fellow Robert “Bob” Kim served as deputy assistant secretary in the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education during the Obama administration. Terris Ross is a managing director for the AIR Equity Initiative who conducted and led numerous PreK-12 research and evaluation projects at the ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented American families with extraordinary challenges. Alarming rates of anxiety and depression symptoms are among the most troubling. In this Q&A, Frank Rider and Kelly Wells discuss the implications for families, schools, and communities.
Join AIR and WestEd for a special panel discussion, where education practitioners and experts will showcase effective talent retention strategies linked to rapid school improvement, as well as overview strategies that federal policymakers can authorize and fund under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). ...
AIR has supported CDC's Act Against AIDS campaign to raise awareness and combat complacency since before its White House launch in 2009. In 2012, AIR worked with CDC to develop a new national awareness and anti-stigma campaign, Let's Stop HIV Together.
AIR developed and conducted three national surveys of patients and caregivers, clinicians, and researchers for the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute to assess stakeholder awareness and interest in engaging in patient-centered comparative effectiveness research. The goal is to improve informed decision-making by answering questions that matter most to patients and ...
Smoking among students reached the lowest levels since researchers began tracking such data in 1980, according to a new report produced with key assistance from experts at AIR. That finding is one of several in America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2016, an annual report on children ...
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.