Susan Bowles Therriault is an Institute Fellow at AIR focusing on AIR’s K-12 Systemic Improvement Portfolio of work. For over 20 years, she has led and conducted research that focuses on state and federal education efforts to build the capacity of high-needs districts and schools to improve outcomes and increase ...
AIR produced this report about the Ohio High School Transformation Initiative (OHSTI), which aims to address low student achievement and graduation rates, school violence and truancy, and a lack of engagement in Ohio's urban high schools. Established in 2002, OHSTI is supported through the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, the Bill and Melinda ...
Nearly 10 percent of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes, and up to 30 percent of those will develop Type 2 diabetes as they age. Yet many of these women do not check their blood glucose levels as often as they should. AIR researchers studied why women at high risk avoid testing.
The Plan, Do, Study, Act Process is central to the improvement of instructional routines. Watch one of the Better Math Teaching Network members in real time and in a real classroom setting introduce the Plan, Do, Study, Act, or PDSA, process.
Kamal Middlebrook is a research associate at AIR. His primary responsibilities include supporting evidence synthesis and measurement equity across education research. Middlebrook also focuses on equity in the workforce, among other systems across health and human development. He has extensive experience in survey research methods, along with other quantitative methods ...
Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), some districts are required to consult with tribal governments on the development of their education plans. This practice brief is intended to serve as an overview of district-level ESEA tribal consultation requirements and as guidance for local education agencies. ...
Sushmita Subedi, Ph.D., is a senior researcher in the Education Systems program area at AIR. Dr. Subedi has more than 10 years of experience in research and evaluation of school and district improvement, social emotional learning, and educator development programs. Her current responsibilities include directing the PreK-12 RESTART Network Lead ...
This results of this review indicate that a general violence prevention program has the same probability of successfully reducing cyberbullying as a program that directly targets cyberbullying.
Tracy Long is a senior TA consultant at AIR. Her primary responsibilities include providing technical assistance, expertise, and conducting trainings to support youth with disabilities for state and federal education agencies. Long is also responsible for the dissemination of knowledge and development of tools for state and federal agencies and ...