Kelsey Walter specializes in research and evaluation of policies and programs serving older adults, individuals with physical disabilities, individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, and people receiving Medicaid home and community-based services. She has over 15 years of project leadership experience working in and with state health and human services ...
Developed in collaboration with the Teacher Salary Project, this brief is intended to help these leaders consider whether the time is right to raise the bar on teacher pay and, if so, by how much. The authors provide a starting place for discussions among state and district leaders and their ...
A decade of research has shown that Resource Coordinators, who are instrumental to implementing the Community Schools’ strategy, are in need of more support to conduct needs assessments, monitor the progress of the service and activity provision, assess the quality of programming, and to use this information to inform service ...
Sesame Street’s Building a Connected Community is a new online professional learning course that helps preschool teachers build healthy relationships with children and families and support children’s social and emotional development. The Sesame Street resources will be set up for teachers of 4-year-olds to use for 10 weeks (about 20–30 minutes each week). ...
One of the complications of working in developing countries is the potential for unanticipated outbreaks of conflict during project implementation. This roundtable brings together a panel of experts, each of whom has faced this situation.
Under a grant funded by Walmart, AIR conducted a scan of free college tuition program websites in spring 2021. This scan culminated in a report, a downloadable database of programs, a webinar, and this interactive map that explores how free college tuition programs for adults might better leverage employers in ...
Jessica Cadima is a researcher at AIR specializing in the public policy areas of labor, health, and human services. Her work has served a diverse set of clients including the U.S. Department of Labor, state government agencies, foundations, and local workforce investment boards. She is highly experienced in program implementation ...
Arlington, Va. – Public opinion and survey experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will present several sessions at the 78th annual American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) conference, being held May 10-12, 2023, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia.The conference theme is “Working Together: The Essential ...
Timothy Hill, vice president for client engagement in AIR’s Health Division, has been appointed to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2009 established MACPAC to review Medicaid and CHIP access and ...
