CS@AIR supports several alliances, consortia, and communities of practice. We serve various roles depending on the focus, organization, and membership, including as a facilitator, expert consultant, or evaluator.
A new series of papers by AIR reexamines a perennial policy question, particularly in an election season: Is Medicare sustainable? Led by Marilyn Moon, director of AIR’s Center on Aging and a former public trustee of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, the papers conclude that several claims at ...
The health and well-being of all people are directly affected by their living conditions and the systems that support them. Creating solutions that complement the interconnected nature of these systems is at the forefront of AIR’s commitment to advancing public health, improving outcomes, and generating evidence that leads to a ...
Everyone at the Table: Engaging Teachers in Evaluation Reform is a research-based and field-tested practical guide for teachers and school and district leaders that provides materials to genuinely engage teachers in the evaluation process.
The drumbeat that America is now an aging society has become a cliché. But remarkably little has been done to constructively examine how we can and should respond to the challenges that lie ahead. Research and policy analysis can contribute to heightening awareness of the challenges—and more importantly the potential ...
Greta Colombi is a principal researcher at AIR with 15 years of experience in program monitoring and reporting, technical assistance, and research in both the education and the health and human services fields. Colombi is currently the deputy director of the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments. In addition ...
In the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, education leaders in Pasco County renewed their commitment to improve school safety and student mental health—which, according to research, can also improve academic learning. With guidance from AIR experts, a core team of district and school stakeholders examined research and ...
A recent special issue in the Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence highlights findings from three decades of research on the Good Behavior Game and its impact on a variety of long term behavioral and mental health outcomes.
Sol Pelavin served as president and chief executive officer of AIR from 2001-2010, after serving as AIR’s executive vice president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer. Prior to joining AIR, he founded the Pelavin Associates education research firm in 1982. It was acquired by AIR in 1994 to form ...
In our world of rapidly advancing technology few are immune to reliance on high quality data and network services to operate their organizations and experience life in general. To address this need in a customer-centric way, a large U.S. employer and confidential client of AIR applied a customer demand-driven digital ...