Jenny Scala is a managing director for AIR. Scala has managed AIR’s early warning system efforts since 2013 and participates in multiple projects using her expertise in using data to inform instructional decision-making across the nation. She currently oversees implementation of AIR’s early warning intervention and monitoring systems (EWIMS) mid-phase ...
USAID’s Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention (CVP) aims to become more effective at addressing conflict and violence challenges, in their many forms, by identifying evidence on effective policies and programming that support armed conflict and violence prevention, mitigation, and reduction.
Educational policies on early grade literacy in Latin America and the Caribbean have long suffered from a disjuncture between school practice and research. This systematic review examines the effectiveness and fidelity of implementation of various programs in the LAC region that aim to improve EGL outcomes, including teacher training, school ...
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.
Women’s groups are widespread in South Asia where they are instrumental in generating economic opportunities and enhancing women’s well-being; however, the groups’ objectives differ, as do their results. Co-organized by the South Asia Gender Innovation Lab and the Evidence Consortium on Women's Groups, this webinar will present findings from three ...
Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa is a professor of public policy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and an economist working on poverty, health, and human development in sub-Saharan Africa. He is the co-principal investigator of The Transfer Project, which seeks to understand the broad effects of government-sponsored cash transfer ...
Donna Warthan is a senior technical consultant at AIR. Her primary responsibilities include managing the overall project and budget for four federal School Improvement Grant projects in Virginia and New York. In this work, she assists the district and schools in corrective action use data to develop concrete action plans ...
The Education and Conflict Forum funded by USAID brings together expert practitioners and academics to discuss patterns and practices of education programs in crisis and conflict-affected contexts.
German Reyes is a renowned labor expert in Mexico, with more than 15 years of experience as a labor lawyer and consultant. He has provided legal representation to workers, unions, and the private sector in the country. Reyes is presently AIR’s Labor Rights Technical Director, leading a team of legal ...