Sharing What We're Learning | The AIR Opportunity Fund
Big challenges rarely have simple solutions. Across communities, people are testing new ideas, building stronger organizations, and generating evidence about what works.
Here, we share what they’re learning along the way. Explore stories, research, and firsthand perspectives from the people and organizations we support across education, workforce development, public safety, and community health and well-being.
What Research Reveals About Access and Opportunity
What shapes a child’s opportunities long before adulthood? New research from AOF grantees at New America, the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, and the University of Southern California is examining how place, schools, and policy can open or limit pathways to opportunity.
How Global Health Corps Builds the Networks Public Health Leaders Need
Strong leaders need more than skills. They need relationships, support, and room to grow. Global Health Corps is helping early-career public health professionals across Africa build the networks and confidence to lead change in their organizations and communities.
Designing Research with Youth: What it Takes to Do it Well
Strong leaders need more than skills. They need relationships, support, and room to grow. Global Health Corps is helping early-career public health professionals across Africa build the networks and confidence to lead change in their organizations and communities.
What Accurate Identification Means for Indigenous Students, and the Challenges of Doing So
Some estimates suggest Indigenous students may be undercounted by as much as 70 percent in public schools. That can affect funding, services, and whether schools meet their responsibilities to Tribal Nations. This Q&A explores why the counts are so difficult to get right and what better data could change.
Understanding Health Outcomes in an Evolving Population
What happens when the categories used in health research no longer reflect the people they are meant to describe? AIR Scholar Dr. David E. Hayes-Bautista explores how changing demographics challenge traditional approaches to health data and why better measurement can lead to better understanding and better solutions. Watch the video.
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