AIR’s Myanmar Analytical Activity (MAA) provides fast, responsive, analytical support to the USAID/Burma mission, supplementing its portfolio of democracy and governance, national reconciliation, economic growth, and health activities. MAA’s research and analysis allow the Mission to stay up to date on emerging issues, take advantage of opportunities, and react to unexpected ...
Under a grant funded by Walmart, AIR conducted a scan of free college tuition program websites in spring of 2021. The scan culminated in an interactive map, a report, a downloadable database of programs, and a webinar that explores how free college tuition programs for adults might better leverage employers ...
The goal of the Attendance Policy Partnership (APP) project team is to expand the evidence base on how attendance policies and their implementation can be used to increase attendance for youth.
AIR is announcing two changes to its senior leadership team to support continued growth in human services research and technical assistance, and human resources. Julie Kochanek has been named Senior Vice President for Human Services and Lesley Sepanloo has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Human Resources. ...
Through the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, the USDA provides support to low-income, food-deficit countries around the globe to reduce hunger and improve literacy and primary education, especially for girls. Since 2013, AIR has conducted over 25 evaluations of McGovern Dole Food for Education projects around ...
The COVID-19 and Equity in Education (CEE) Enrollment Explorer was developed to help policymakers and educators examine enrollment trends by a range of school, community, and student characteristics. The tool allows users to examine state, regional-, district-, community-, and school-level shifts in student enrollment before and after the onset of ...
Charrise Hollingsworth evaluates place-based interventions to support youth and community thriving. A former middle school educator, Dr. Hollingsworth’s interdisciplinary training in community psychology focuses on ecological approaches to ensure community well-being, improving adolescent outcomes into adulthood, and participatory action research.Her growing body of work focuses on community-based approaches to promote ...
In partnership with school districts and communities, the AIR Opportunity Fund supports projects that study and develop processes, interventions, and tools to address disparities in education outcomes in the U.S. and globally.
Extensive evidence on early development from conception to the time a child enters elementary school has made a compelling case to promote early childhood development (ECD) in national and international policy and programming. Promoting ECD also aligns with international objectives such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the ...
UNICEF Kenya contracted AIR to conduct a mixed-methods formative evaluation of the Nutritional Improvements through Cash and Health Education program, part of Kenya’s initiative to enhance access to social and economic services within safety nets for poor and vulnerable households.
