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AIR Highlights
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Susan Muenchow Discusses the Impact of Paid Family Leave
In this video interview, AIR principal researcher Susan Muenchow explains the economic reasons why women return to work so quickly and examines the childhood development, economic, and health impacts of paid family leave. Giving mothers more paid time off, she asserts, could lead to costs savings from reduced employee …
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Health Insurance Exchanges: Challenges and Opportunities
In this video interview, Jill Yegian, co-director of AIR’s Health Policy and Research Group, talks about the challenges and opportunities in creating health insurance exchanges, virtual marketplaces where consumers and small business can comparison shop for affordable health insurance. …
Athletic Departments in Most NCAA Division I Public Colleges Spend Three to Six Times More Per Athlete Than Their Institutions Spend to Educate Each Student
A new report from the Delta Cost Project at AIR — Academic Spending Versus Athletic Spending: Who Wins? — also shows that athletic costs increased at least twice as fast as academic spending, on a …
New Guide Helps Leaders and Practitioners Improve Instruction for English Language Learners
The need to serve English language learners (ELLs) has never been more pressing. Supporting English Language Learners: A Pocket Guide for State and District Leaders , developed by the Center for English Language Learners at AIR, is designed for state and district leaders who play a key role …
Latest Reports and Video
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Broadening Participation in STEM: A Call to Action
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Avoid Simple Solutions and Quick Fixes: Improving Conditions for Learning
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Susan Muenchow Discusses the Impact of Paid Family Leave
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Monday, January 28, 2013
First-Year Undergraduate Remedial Coursetaking: 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Health Insurance Exchanges: Challenges and Opportunities
News & Events
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Event: Feb 21 & 22 - Cradle to College and Work: New CALDER Research
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
- “Roundtable: The Perspectives of Young People Affected by Harsh Discipline” Engages Youth to Reduce the School-to-Prison Pipeline
- Cleveland Foundation Announces Continued Support for Efforts to Improve the Physical and Emotional Safety of Cleveland Public School Students
- Deciding on a College, a Major, and a Debt Load Lays Out Arguments for Better Data Access
- New Tests Coming to Utah Schools - Salt Lake City Tribune