Health experts Amy Windham, an American Institutes for Research (AIR) Senior Researcher, San Keller, AIR Managing Research Scientist, and AIR Institute Fellow Steven Garfinkel will introduce the Consumer-based Cancer Care Value Index (CCCVI) at an event convened by the National Patient Advocate Foundation on September 9, 2014, at 8:30 a.m. ...
AIR Managing Researcher Tracy Gray, an expert on the innovative use of technology for teaching and learning, will participate in the Technologies in Education 2014 forum on Sept. 11, hosted by The Atlantic.
AIR experts presenting at the Society for Research on Education Effectiveness (SREE) conference September 4-6, 2014 in Washington, D.C. will discuss how education research can help teachers and school systems improve student learning.
Renewing the conversation on teachers’ role in educational reform, the U.S. Department of Education’s new Excellent Educators for All Initiative requires states to consult with teachers when creating new plans to ensure students have equitable access to educators. The Department also recently launched a website to encourage educators to share ...
Dia Jackson has 20 years of experience in special education. Dr. Jackson leads research and technical assistance (TA) projects, with expertise in special education best instructional practices, Response to Intervention (RTI)/Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), and addressing access and opportunities for students with disabilities. Dr. Jackson leads knowledge development and ...
Cheryl Graczewski is a senior researcher at AIR. She is currently the project director for the Office of Elementary and Secondary EIR Mid-Phase Grant of MyTeaching Partner-Secondary, a three-cohort randomized controlled trial (RCT) focused on refining, scaling, and testing a video-based coaching program for teachers shown to improve teacher practice, ...
Laura Berry Kuchle, a senior researcher at AIR, is currently working with the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) and the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR Center). For NCII, she serves as a technical assistance (TA) liaison for Missouri and Minnesota, works on TA product development, ...
Julie Reed Kochanek is Chief Program Officer and Senior Vice President at AIR and a member of AIR’s executive leadership team. In this role, she provides strategic leadership of AIR’s Program Office, which includes a large portfolio of research, evaluation, and technical assistance projects across a broad array of policy ...
Alexandra Manzella Kistner has extensive expertise in school improvement and evaluations of education initiatives. She has broad experience with protocol and instrument development, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, reporting and dissemination activities, and coordination with federal, state, district, and school officials.She co-authored evaluation reports on a variety of ...
An American Institutes for Research (AIR) study looking at Zambia’s cash transfer program has been selected by UNICEF as one of the best research studies of 2014. AIR principal researcher David Seidenfeld was the lead co-author of Zambia’s Child Grant Program: 24-Month Impact Report.
