Dr. Jasmine Nicole Olivier-McGregor is a researcher at AIR. Dr. Olivier-McGregor is a qualitative researcher with a passion for community-oriented research aimed at producing substantive change for communities experiencing economic, social, and racial injustice. Her research sits at the intersection of urban poverty and inequality, criminal justice, and housing instability.
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AIR experts will participate in the 2014 annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), held March 10-15, 2014 in Toronto, Canada, at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel.
Martin Hooper analyzes contexts for learning through large-scale assessment data. In this Q&A, he talks about his recent publications highlighting trends in literacy attitudes and practices, including the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. He also discusses how attitudes toward reading have shifted since 2001, in the U.S. and abroad; ...
When children have positive reading attitudes and behaviors, they generally also demonstrate strong reading skills. Drawing on data from the 2011 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, this brief and related webinar recording examine whether parents’ reading attitudes and behaviors are shared by their children. ...
Youth violence disrupts communities and businesses, increases health care costs, and decreases property values—not to mention the human impact. The Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) in Massachusetts combines health and safety approaches to eliminating serious violence among high-risk, urban youth. Does it work? Three new AIR evaluations, ...
According to new AIR analysis of an international survey, a surprisingly large number of adults in the United States cannot apply reading or math skills to solve simple real life problems. In this blog post, Dan Sherman discusses the PIACC results he says educators, researchers, and policymakers need to explore ...
The National Center on Family Homelessness is supporting Transitional Housing grantees of the Office of Violence Against Women at the U.S. Department of Justice. The project supports the transition of domestic violence survivors from homelessness to safe, stable, permanent housing.
A comprehensive approach to school safety requires a focus on the root causes within the school and larger community setting. In support of the National Institute of Justice's Comprehensive School Safety Initiative, AIR—in partnership with Virginia Tech, The Wandersman Center, and a group of nationally recognized school safety experts—is conducting ...
Contributing and working alongside Native Nations, AIR has a deep commitment to engaging communities, fostering shared vision and values, building capacity, and developing strategic alliances to achieve sustainable systems change in Indian Country.
Experts from AIR will present and participate in more than 30 sessions at the 6nd annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society in Mexico City, Mexico from March 25-29. The theme of this year’s conference is “Re-mapping Global Education: South-North Dialogue.”