Educator preparation programs (EPPs) have an opportunity to leverage and strengthen existing district partnerships to lead the way in co-designing teacher Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs). The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (GTL Center), and the CEEDAR Center present Take a ...
AIR’s Foundational Learning Improvement Program (FLIP) is a multi-faceted foundational literacy and numeracy intervention, supporting teachers, communities, and governments and their partners to strengthen literacy outcomes in primary school learners in low- and middle-income countries.
Reading Apprenticeship is a professional learning program for middle and high school teachers to help students be successful readers in content areas. AIR, as a sub to WestEd, and funded by U.S. Department of Education, is implementing an impact and implementation evaluation of a SEED grant over the course of ...
Delano Lewis, a member of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) Board of Directors since 2008, died on Aug. 2, 2023. He was 84. Lewis had an eclectic career as a public servant, businessman, and diplomat, serving as U.S. ambassador to South Africa. “Delano led a life of meaning and service ...
Iris Daruwala is a senior researcher at AIR, where she works with foundations and federal, state, and local agencies on research and evaluation projects. Her work is primarily focused on understanding how educational interventions and reforms can reduce inequities among marginalized student groups and support whole child well-being. As an ...
Jennifer Bumble has more than 15 years of experience working alongside the disability community as a K-12 special educator, job coach, researcher, and technical assistance provider. Her research has been funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Education, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the Administration ...
Tonie Sadler has over 10 years of research and practice experience in human services working with the disability community focused on disability equity and improving disability programs and policies. Her research focuses on understanding how disability policies and health services impact people with disabilities and their allies throughout the life ...
AIR is conducting 40 qualitative in-depth interviews with health care providers to understand their perceptions of and experiences with misinformation, specifically as it relates to public health emergencies, and to identify ways in which the FDA can best support HCPs in reacting to and combatting health-related misinformation in their practices. ...
Rosa Castro-Zarzur has extensive training in experimental and quasi-experimental impact evaluations and experience conducting evaluations of social and agricultural programs in developing countries.Her current work includes evaluating programs aimed at improving child wellbeing and reducing household poverty and vulnerability through a Cash+ program in Mozambique; enhancing women’s empowerment, female socio-economic ...
The Geographic Information System (GIS) Team at AIR supports place-based leadership and decision-making through interactive mapping applications, customized mapping dashboards, simple “Story Maps” to share findings and insights, static mapping and spatial infographics, and sophisticated spatial analytics and remote sensing. ...
