Dr. Patricia Campie is a principal researcher in the Human Services program at AIR. Utilizing 27 years of experience, Dr. Campie’s primary research focus is on preventing and reducing lethal violence among youth and young adults in the United States and other countries, serving as AIR’s P.I. for USAID’s Center for ...
First lady Laura Bush on Tuesday visited George Washington Elementary School, where the American Institutes for Research has been working with the City of Baltimore on a program aimed at reducing school failure, drug abuse, and aggressive and violent behavior among adolescents.
Jaleh Soroui leads the AIR team that provides expertise, technical assistance, and management for the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Throughout her career, Jaleh has been at the forefront of incorporating education technology into adult education.
The Network to Transform Teaching (NT3) initiative is designed to (1) increase the number of candidates submitting their first certification component and (2) increase the percentage of National Board Certified Teachers in instructional leadership roles. The initiative aims to establish collaborative processes for continuous improvement in the partner sites that ...
October is Connected Educator Month, providing educators with opportunities to participate in online events and activities to enhance their skills and build personal learning networks. The American Institutes for Research (AIR), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology, operates the Connected Educators project, which is ...
Building on existing external school support literature, this brief offers a set of indicators for assessing the quality of support provided to low-performing schools, with respect to the No Child Left Behind Act.
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.
In the late 1990s, Adult Basic Education was undervalued and overlooked compared to other federally funded education programs. To demonstrate the effectiveness and impact of these services, the U.S. Department of Education developed an accountability framework, focused on data quality and program improvement. Through six projects spanning 20 years, AIR ...
The Career and Technical Education Policy Exchange (CTEx) at Georgia State University provides policymakers with direct and actionable evidence to inform the future of CTE in U.S. high schools. CALDER at AIR is participating in the second iteration of CTEx to broaden the scope of its action-oriented research agenda. ...
AIR Experts will present on public opinion and survey research topics at the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 72nd annual conference, being held May 18-21, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s conference, focused around the theme of “Embracing Change and Diversity in Public Opinion and Social Science ...