Tamara Linkow is a senior director at AIR. In this role, she provides direction and support across AIR’s portfolio of federal education evaluation studies. With over 15 years of experience in research and evaluation, she has led impact and descriptive studies that inform foundation, state, and federal decisions.
Her areas ...
Alise Crossland (Brann) is a senior researcher at AIR with more than 13 years of experience identifying and assessing digital learning technologies for both general and special education. Her work focuses on providing technical assistance and professional development to educators at the local, state, and national level on the use ...
Kristin Ruedel, managing researcher at AIR, currently serves as a task leader on the Center for Technology Innovation. Responsibilities include developing and writing of an Implementation Practice Guide including as well as providing support to field site liaisons and overall coordination of field test activities. She also collaborates with team ...
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.
Megan Austin is a principal researcher at AIR, where she develops and directs research studies and technical assistance projects for the Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory (REL Midwest), Southeast Regional Educational Laboratory (REL Southeast), and the U.S. Department of Education Office of State Support. She also designs, leads, and conducts analyses ...
Although English language learners (ELLs) have an increasing presence in postsecondary education, their unique needs are often unmet by institutions of higher education. Technology-mediated English language instruction may be a solution to the pressing challenges that postsecondary institutions face in providing personalized instruction to ELLs, because it allows instruction to ...
As communities across the country mark National Recovery Month, Roger Jarjoura explains why recovery can be particularly challenging for youth, and how the juvenile justice system must address their specific needs.
The Jefferson Education Accelerator (JEA), founded by the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, works to help education companies that have moved past the startup phase to evaluate products and bring them to scale. JEA is partnering with AIR, making it a preferred research and evaluation outlet for the ...
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.