Marion Baldwin is a senior technical assistance consultant at AIR. She is a skilled professional development and technical assistance facilitator with 20 years of experience working at the local, state, regional, and national levels to develop and support the administration of high–quality afterschool programs. She also has extensive experience in ...
Literacy is a fundamental skill that serves as the foundation for an individual’s future learning and, collectively, for a country’s social and economic development. The USAID/LAC Reads Capacity Program aims to increase the impact, scale, and sustainability of early grade reading interventions in the Latin American and Caribbean region through ...
Research suggests that students with a disability are less likely to enroll in and complete college than students without a disability. Join REL Southwest on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. EST to learn about the importance of providing targeted services for students with disabilities to transition to and be ...
Kathleen (Katy) Cashen is a senior TA consultant in the Human Services Program at AIR. Her primary responsibilities include review of all content submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training (ETA) technical assistance website, WorkforceGPS.org. She drafts monthly newsletter and bi-monthly homepage announcements and provides subject matter ...
Researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and funders are increasingly aware of the powerful potential for summertime experiences and the need to design, implement, and continuously improve summertime experiences for all.
Exclusionary school discipline policies once instituted to prevent serious infractions have crept into discipline practices for minor issues. Youth who participated in a roundtable on the subject contend that it limits opportunities to learn and compromises academic achievement; is applied disproportionately and subjectively; and deprives students of the ...
Years of research show that students from low-income families are more likely to forget previously learned material over the summer than students from wealthier families. Over time, these losses add up, widening the socioeconomic disparity in academic performances. Carol McElvain explains how high quality summer opportunities for low-income students can ...
The Education Support Program builds on the institutional achievements made by ERP 1 in strengthening the local educational structures in Egypt. The Program will support teacher professional development and community involvement in educational decision-making and quality improvement.
This guidance document was developed with input from a technical advisory group of state/federal representatives and field researchers, and describes the utility and practice of integrating the information available in state agency data sets with information on clients of alcohol and other drug abuse services. ...
First responder fields serve a crucial role in the safety and well-being of communities around the country, but first responders don't always reflect the populations they serve. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Chief Evaluation Office initiated an exploratory study to identify promising practices that first responder agencies and organizations can ...