Experts from AIR will present at several sessions during the annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) research conference, being held March 27-29, 2022 in Austin, Texas, on a variety of topics including health, education, employment and training programs, and poverty and income policy. ...
Many Egyptian students are missing out on foundational literacy skills in the early grades while older students are being passed along into the upper grades without having acquired such skills. In this video, AIR literacy specialist Rebecca Stone talks about how AIR developed a remedial reading and writing program and ...
Each year, thousands of birthing people experience negative outcomes during and after childbirth that result in significant consequences to their health and well-being. Health policy researchers from AIR investigated policy considerations for states offering or considering Medicaid coverage of doulas to address those inequities and advance perinatal health equity. ...
Experts from AIR will discuss aspects of health care research and policy at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting (ARM), being held June 25-27, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, Louisiana. The meeting focuses on the latest research and policy in the field of health and the organization, financing and ...
The Zambian Ministry of Education’s 2002 “Education for All” policy provided access to education for thousands of children, many coming from lower socioeconomic levels. The inclusive, equitable policy greatly benefited vulnerable children, especially girls, but it also challenged the education sector by flooding schools with more pupils than the system ...
Trenita Childers is a health care policy researcher at AIR. Her work focuses primarily on health equity, social determinants of health, and communicating health information to broad audiences.
Funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, AIR conducted a descriptive study in San Francisco Unified School District and the Oakland Unified School District on the Weighted Student Funding policy, sometimes referred to as student-based funding, for the Regional Educational Laboratory-West.
Established by AIR nearly 20 years ago, the Center for Special Education Finance (CSEF) has assisted the federal government and many states in measuring special education costs and expenditures and in formulating fiscal policy.
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.
The Affordable Care Act established health insurance marketplaces where millions of consumers can sign up for health plans. AIR provides technical, analytical, policy, and operational support to the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Marketplace Plan Management Group.