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  • When Districts Support and Integrate Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

    Social and emotional skills undergird student success—and mold better citizens. Results from the Collaborating Districts Initiative suggest that even modest investments can pay off for individuals, schools, and society. In this policy brief, Kimberly Kendziora and Nick Yoder share the results of the evaluation and offer policy six recommendations for ...
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    State Support Network

    The State Support Network was a technical assistance initiative of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of State Support, operated from 2016 to 2020 and designed to support state and district school improvement efforts.

  • Improving Student Behavior in Houston With the Good Behavior Game

    In 2009, HISD partnered with AIR to implement the Good Behavior Game in first- and second-grade classrooms, with a grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. By 2015, more than 100 teachers will be trained, and more than 7,000 children will have been reached.
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    Partnering for Better Chronic Pain Management and Safer Opioid Use

    Partnering for Better Chronic Pain Management and Safer Opioid Use: A Knowledge Hub for People With Disability and Their Providers is designed to help people with disabilities and their providers work together to manage chronic pain.

  • Anti-Human Trafficking Public Awareness Integrated Marketing Services (AIMS)

    Disadvantaged populations are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking. AIR helps support the distribution of free materials that raise public awareness around human trafficking and connect victims to emergency services.

  • Stages of Concern │Concerns-Based Adoption Model

    The progress of new programs is often measured by how well they are being executed. This approach tends to ignore a critical actor—the person charged with implementing the innovation. The Stages of Concern process helps keep the people doing the work at the center of the change process. Using the ...

  • Consensus Is Emerging on Teaching Social and Emotional Skills

    Getting a job is about more than academic performance. In this blog post, Kimberly Kendziora discusses the growing body of research on the importance of social and emotional skills, such as self-management, social awareness, and relationship skills.
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    Long Story Short: How Should Schools Use Technology to Engage Students?

    Technology has enormous potential to transform the way teachers teach and students learn. In this video interview, Tracy Gray, an AIR expert on education technology, explains how to effectively use technology to engage students in their own learning.
  • Marshal Conley

    Marshal Conley

    Marshal Conley is a senior technical assistance consultant at AIR. His current work focuses on policy, practice, and knowledge utilization related to digital and blended learning and integration of learning technologies with instructional practice for learners of all ages. Conley is also an expert in the design, implementation, and facilitation ...
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  • Mitchell Morey

    Mitchell Morey

    Mitchell Morey is a senior economic researcher at AIR. He has extensive experience evaluating a variety of projects in developing country settings. He completed his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Dr. Morey’s dissertation employed rigorous applied econometrics to investigate the effects of international trade on ...
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