On October 26, 2023 AIR hosted a webinar exploring innovative and effective approaches to addressing women’s issues in forced displacement settings. A panel of experts from AIR, academia, and NGOs presented various programmatic models and policy approaches and engage in a crucial discussion about emerging topics and continued challenges. ...
The AIR Opportunity Fund invests in innovative research and bold ideas that help expand opportunity for all. Our funding is awarded through grant competitions, fellowships, and strategic partnerships, but we do not currently accept unsolicited proposals.
In this report AIR proposes an SES index for NAEP comprised of four existing NAEP variables. The results show that the NAEP SES index performs better than the current proxy—NSLP eligibility—in explaining performance variation and racial/ethnic achievement gaps in NAEP, as well as performing better than similar SES indices in ...
In this AIR Opportunity Fund-supported study, we examined how full pcHPSA designation impacted the supply of health care providers to the area, and assessed if the financial and immigration visa incentives are effective in attracting primary care providers to practice in designated counties.
Angshuman Gooptu is a senior economist in the AIR Health Division, primarily focusing on projects in the Evaluation, Methods, and Analytics program area. He is an applied economist with experience in quantitative research, program evaluation, and healthcare analytics. His areas of expertise include healthcare insurance access (Medicare and Medicaid policy); ...
As long as accountability systems have been in place, AIR has conducted research and evaluation on the design and implementation of these policies. Our work spans accountability activities from developing performance indicators to providing supports to districts and schools.
MyTeachingPartner is a web-mediated, strengths-based instructional coaching program that works to help teachers improve the quality of classroom interactions to boost student engagement and academic achievement. Explore insights from the program in our interactive story.
Durante el webinar, que tendrá lugar el 16 de octubre de 10 a 11 a.m. (hora Ciudad de México) un panel de expertos de AIR y externos dialogarán sobre temas relativos a la implementación de la reforma laboral en México, en particular respecto del registro de las organizaciones sindicales ...
Sam Rikoon is a senior researcher at AIR. He has extensive experience applying quantitative methods to the development and validation of measures of intra- and interpersonal competencies and other hard-to-measure constructs for use with populations ranging from early childhood through those in higher education and the workforce.His work at AIR ...
SA WORX (the talent arm of regional economic development organization, greater: SATX) saw the need for a structured, data-driven, and industry-led solution to talent pipeline challenges in the Greater San Antonio Region. Seeing promise in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s field-tested Talent Pipeline Management® (TPM) framework and methodology, the ...
