One in five members of the workforce in America has some form of disability. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, an annual campaign since 1945 that educates about disability employment issues and celebrates the contributions of America's workers with disabilities.
AIR and Public Agenda invite you to a discussion on how education leaders can avoid frustration and arrive at sustainable teacher evaluation systems by engaging teachers in design and implementation. Co-authors of the new book, Everyone at the Table, will present their field-tested approach to productive dialogue that leads to ...
As the Family Medical Leave Act turns 20 in February, AIR, with sponsorship from ZERO TO THREE, is hosting a panel discussion that looks at the law's impact on workers so far and ways to improve family leave policies going forward. The panel discussion will emphasize paid parental ...
Join the American Council on Education and the American Institutes for Research for a discussion of fresh thinking about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and their potential to spur real change in educational service delivery. Panelists will tackle such questions as what data and analytics are needed ...
On Wednesday, February 6, 2013, Kristin Carman and Jill Mathews Yegian, co-directors of AIR’s Health Policy and Research Group, participated in a briefing hosted by Health Affairs, a leading journal of health policy thought and research.
On Monday, October 1st, AIR will convene a special evening of reflection, discussion, and engagement in order to shine the light on the state of HIV/AIDS in the American South.
The National Center on Family Homelessness and First Focus, in conjunction with The Congressional Caucus on Homelessness & Senator Patty Murray, invite you to a briefing commemorating National Homeless Awareness Month, featuring the latest policy and research on child, youth, and family homelessness and housing. ...
Health Affairs is hosting a briefing called “New Era of Patient Engagement” that will examine the evidence of patient engagement in health care as well as the challenges and opportunities associated with it. The all-day event will explore topics raised in the Health Affairs February 2013 issue ...
To raise awareness around the many challenges that young people with mental illness face and honor the adults and organizations that help them lead healthier lives, SAMHSA will be hosting the National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day this Wednesday, May 9.
Millions of students around the world have signed up to take massive open online courses (MOOCs) and many institutions are offering them or weighing doing so. That makes it vital for higher education researchers and other experts in the field to evaluate the early impact of ...