A multidisciplinary team of experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will participate in the 2023 What Works Global Summit (WWGS) from October 18–20 in Ottawa, Canada. This year’s conference theme, Evidence for Global Challenges, aligns closely with AIR’s commitment to generating evidence that can be used by global ...
AIR) experts will present at several sessions during the annual Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference, virtually Feb. 14–15, and in-person Feb. 18–22, at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C. The theme for this year’s conference is “Improving Education for a More Equitable World” and aligns with AIR’s ...
Through our Meet the Expert feature, get to know some of AIR’s key staff, learning what drives and keeps them going, the work they find most meaningful, and even a little bit about how they spend their personal time.
A first-of-its kind exploratory survey of National and State Teachers of the Year finds that having accomplished teachers support new or struggling teachers was considered a highly important factor in improving effectiveness – both for the person receiving and providing the support. This and other findings are shared in a ...
Approximately 28 percent of U.S. adults have several of the risk factors for pre-diabetes but only one out of six are aware of it, according to an AIR study that found providing services that would prevent or delay the onset of the disease could generate savings for the federal government ...
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley has appointed Marilyn Moon, Vice President and Director of the Health Program at the American Institutes for Research, to serve as chair of the 15-member Maryland Health Care Commission.
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter recently met with officials and residents of communities in FATA and Malakand, Pakistan, to celebrate the accomplishments of the "Links to Learning: Education Support to Pakistan" (ED-LINKS) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and operated by the American Institutes for ...
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 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 ...
Free online resources to help couples deal with the challenges created when one of them suffers a traumatic brain injury are now available on the federally-funded Model Systems Knowledge Translations Center website to help both partners navigate changes in their relationship.