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David Osher, Ph.D.

Vice President

David Osher, Ph.D., is a Vice President at the American Institutes for Research, where he leads centers and projects that focus on educational equity, the conditions for learning, prevention, collaboration, youth development, and school- and community-wide interventions for children and youth with mental health problems and disorders and their families.

Osher is Principal Investigator of four centers that support major national initiatives and receive support from the U. S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice: The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice; The National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Violence Prevention; The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk; and The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health. Osher is also Principal Investigator of the What Works Clearing House review of character education and of AIR’s initiatives aimed at studying the conditions of learning and helping states, school districts, and schools collect and use survey data on the conditions for learning for school improvement. Osher is also Principal Investigator of evaluations of the Safe Schools/Safe Students Initiative in New York City, Iowa’s learning support initiative, the Alaska School Board Association’s youth development initiative, and of San Diego’s Lincoln High School Healthy Students initiative. Osher serves as a senior advisor to Say Yes to Education and Turnaround for Children and consults with offices in the U. S. Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services as well as with officials in many states and cities.

A former Dean of two Schools of Human Services and a liberal arts college, Osher has authored, co-authored, or edited over 240 books, monographs, chapters, articles, special issues, and reports including Creating Places Where Resilience Thrives, Safe, Drug Free, and Effective Schools: What Works!; Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools; Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide; Teaching and Working with Children with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges; and Safe, Supportive, & Successful Schools Step by Step.