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 ...
Ann-Marie Akiwumi is a principal data scientist in the Health program at AIR. She has over 13 years of experience conducting focused analytic studies and advanced analytics using a variety of large disparate data including Medicare and Medicaid administrative, Marketplace, health equity, and social determinants of health (SDOH) data. As ...
Most Syrian refugees in Lebanon have arrived with limited savings and have struggled to earn steady incomes to meet their families’ basic needs, such as food, health care, and shelter. This sudden influx has created an education crisis in Lebanon that affects Syrian and vulnerable Lebanese children. The Min Ila ...
With funding from the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL) and the Texas Workforce Commission, AIR developed the Texas Leadership Excellence Academy (LEA) to help adult education administrators and instructional leaders more effectively lead themselves, their teams, and their organizations resulting in increased student outcomes and ...
A new book, Improving Teacher Quality: A Guide for Education Leaders, offers research-based tips and strategies that principals and a broad cross section of education leaders can use to recruit and retain talented teachers. Written by experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the book identifies key influences on ...
Sol H. Pelavin, President and CEO of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), on Wednesday, July 26 delivered an address on instilling confidence and trust within organizations and the public during the 23rd annual meeting of the National Academy of Superintendents, hosted by the College of Education at Ohio State ...
A team of experts from AIR played a key role in writing and producing "The Condition of Education 2012," a congressionally mandated annual report that documents education trends in the United States, from early childhood education and student achievement to postsecondary education and school environment.
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AIR researchers Rebecca Herman, Kerstin Carlson LeFloch, and Joel Knudson will present recent research on turning around chronically low-performing schools and exploring the turnaround experiences and strategies of eight California districts at the California Educational Research Association's (CERA) 90th Annual Conference December 1-2, 2011 at ...
AIR is currently investigating the costs associated with the use of text messaging systems aimed at increasing community college student enrollment and persistence in Kentucky, Arizona, Alabama, and New Mexico.
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