Smallholder farmers throughout the developing world rely on crops or livestock for income and food security; improving the welfare for smallholder farmers has the potential to improve agricultural productivity and resulting levels of poverty. AIR conducts rigorous impact evaluations of agricultural development projects to better understand how various types of ...
Robyn Madison is a senior technical assistance consultant in the Education Systems and Policy program at AIR. Her primary responsibilities include supporting many AIR project teams with advancing diversity-equity-inclusion and cultural and linguistic competence through their work with each other as colleagues and with our external constituency. Dr. Madison works ...
In the fall of 2014, the National Center on Family Homelessness at AIR presented a series of webinars that addressed the impact of trauma on veterans and highlighted trauma-informed care as an organization-wide approach to understanding and responding to trauma. Special focus was given to the experiences of women veterans ...
As ESEA turns 50 this month, the time is ripe to rethink whether the “E” in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is the best place to start. In this blog post, Susan Muenchow discusses the robust research that reveals students are most successful when they get a good jumpstart ...
The Ethiopian government has made a firm commitment to supporting early childhood development and school readiness support nationally. However, the creation of (Grade 0) kindergarten classes in all primary schools cannot be achieved overnight. UNICEF Ethiopia received a challenge grant to test the effectiveness of two accelerated school readiness programs ...
Hundreds of staff at AIR took part in the institution’s third annual Giving Tuesday community project, selecting charities to receive a total of $25,000 in support from AIR. AIR asked staff which nonprofits, working in the U.S. and internationally, are making a world of difference in their communities. Staff had the ...
The National Center for Healthy Safe Children offers resources, training, and technical assistance to support states, tribes, territories, and local communities as they promote overall wellbeing for students and their families.
AIR has launched a new database that will facilitate research on the COVID-19 pandemic, educational outcomes, and the pursuit of equity in communities around the country. The COVID-19 Longitudinal Deep Dive Database draws from datasets across multiple sectors and will allow researchers to capture a broad view of trends before, ...
Several AIR authors contributed to Improving Emotional & Behavioral Outcomes for LGBT Youth: A Guide for Professionals, released by Brookes Publishing in honor of LGBT Pride Month.
Shattering the myth that U.S. students score substantially above other countries in science in 4th and 8th grades, but then fall precipitously to below average in the 10th grade, a new study by AIR shows there is actually a steady decline, not a sudden drop, in performance as students progress ...