Since 2010, the Zambian government has been providing 60 kwacha a month ($12 U.S.) to district households with at least one child under the age of five. UNICEF Zambia hired AIR to design and conduct the study of the program’s effectiveness, with funding provided by UNICEF, Irish Aid and Britain’s ...
On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, from 9:00am to 10:30am ET, AIR will host a webinar presenting new findings from meta-analyses of various Food-for-Education projects. Participants will hear from a panel of experts presenting lessons learned related to COVID-19 disruptions and school closures; literacy interventions and their impact on student learning; ...
The AIR Equity Initiative supports the Pipeline Partnership Program which engages with graduate-level students and faculty to build a more diverse group of research and technical assistance experts inside and beyond AIR. By working with Georgia State University in Atlanta; Howard University in Washington, D.C.; and The University of Texas ...
This report explores three questions about the Common Core State Standards in California, and provides recommendations and conclusions based on a two-day symposium convened to answer those questions.
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.
This is an anniversary year for both Medicare and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Medicare was passed 50 years ago in 1965 and the ACA was passed five years ago. These anniversaries bid us to consider lessons that can improve our healthcare system instead of accepting the benign neglect implicit ...
On Thursday, January 31, 2019, the National Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) will hold its 12th Annual Research Conference. This year’s conference will bring together prominent education researchers and funders with policymakers and practitioners to have a dialogue about the types of research being ...
Julie Jacobson Vann has more than 40 years of experience in health services that spans the delivery of public health and patient care services, health services and Medicaid managed care administration, research and evaluation, and academic teaching. More than 20 of those years have involved planning, managing and directing health ...
An interim report on the implementation of an intensive teacher professional development program for seventh grade middle school mathematics teachers had a positive impact on the frequency with which the teachers engaged students in thinking activities, but found no statistically significant impact on teacher knowledge or student achievement. ...
Trent Sharp is a principal consultant at AIR where he supports cross-disciplinary systems change efforts in the Education Systems and Workforce Program Areas and in Technology Solutions. He is passionate about designing and leading user-centered approaches to addressing complex challenges and inspiring collective action. Grounded in over two decades of ...