Elisha DeLuca serves as project director for the Violence Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Center (VPTAC). She provides oversight and direction for the project; serves as the primary point of contact for the client; manages the work plan and budget, oversees the work of all team members, and processes and ...
David F. Bateman is a principal researcher at AIR, and co-principal investigator of LEAD-IDEA, the OSEP funded training center focusing on principals and special education. He also works on program reviews for AIR. He is a former professor at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Educational Leadership and ...
Peter Mabli is a senior technical assistance consultant in the Education Statistics division at AIR, with over fifteen years of experience in public history and social studies education. His primary responsibilities include supporting and leading standards revision and professional development projects for state and local education agencies, with a focus ...
Trent Sharp is a principal consultant at AIR where he supports cross-disciplinary systems change efforts in the Education Systems and Workforce Program Areas and in Technology Solutions. He is passionate about designing and leading user-centered approaches to addressing complex challenges and inspiring collective action. Grounded in over two decades of ...
The Corrections and Community Engagement Technical Assistance Center (CCETAC) at AIR aimed to address challenges through evidence-based approaches. Through CCETAC, AIR provided capacity-building training and technical assistance to Category 1 Second Chance Act grantees.
Christine Kiecha is AIR’s managing director in Kenya. Her key responsibilities include acting as AIR’s point of contact for office management and business development in Kenya; working with AIR’s senior leadership to develop future business opportunities; and gathering data to provide information about social, demographic, economic and funding trends. She ...
Lisa White is a senior researcher at AIR in the early childhood practice area. Her areas of expertise include dual language learners (DLLs), including their development and culturally and linguistically sensitive classroom instruction; executive functioning development; early science teaching and learning; measurement of child learning (including computerized assessments); teacher professional ...
AIR has played a critical role in investigating the use of evidence-based practices in home visiting, early language outcomes, home visiting during the COVID-19 pandemic, and evaluations of the Welcome Baby program sponsored by First 5 LA.
In this report, we communicate the state of K-12 social studies education by examining the following topics: trends in the development and content of state social studies standards; the landscape of curriculum materials and state and district efforts in evaluating these materials; and gaps in the field for further investigation. ...
The Youth Reentry Training and Technical Assistance Center (YRTAC), administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, supports capacity building efforts among 50+ Second Chance Act Reentry grantees. The grantees are from over 30 states and are in various stages of their grant cycle. ...