In these episodes from the Education Policy Center, Kerstin Carlson LeFloch and Catherine Barbour discuss what research tells us about best practices in school improvement. How can teachers and leaders work together to support school improvement? What are three critical components of school improvement? ...
A study by AIR sheds light on the specific strategies and practices that may account for differences in student achievement among Boston's traditional, pilot, and charter schools. According to the study, high-achieving schools of all types—traditional, charter, and pilot—share a critical common characteristic: school leaders with enough autonomy to deliver ...
The Race to the Top (RTTT) initiative provided an unprecedented amount of federal competitive grant funding to push educational systems toward innovation using coherent and comprehensive reforms. AIR's evaluation of the grant in Hawaii found that, although student achievement in Hawaii has continued to improve during the course of RTTT, ...
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.
Beth Howard-Brown is a principal technical assistance consultant at AIR. She is currently supporting the early warning and intervention and monitoring system project and the AIR social and emotional learning solutions group. Dr. Howard-Brown has over 25 years of experience leading and managing local, state and federal initiatives. She served ...
Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the National Center on Time & Learning partnered to turn around two low-performing Boston middle schools by implementing the Turnaround Using Increased Learning Time model. AIR examined program implementation to provide formative feedback to BPS and partner organizations and to document the implementation process. ...
Jill M. Shively is a senior technical assistance consultant at AIR. She develops professional development tools, guides, and online materials for educators on the use of data for data-driven decision making for school improvement. Shively has developed and produced the Data Exploration video, the Web-based engine for the Surveys of ...
Patti Furlano is a senior technical assistance consultant at AIR. As the former director of instructional design and professional development for the Illinois Center for School Improvement at AIR (Illinois CSI at AIR), she led the training and development for 75 field staff members across the state. In this role, ...
Zach Miller is a principal TA consultant at AIR where he supports projects in the International Labor and Workforce and Workforce Policy and Programs practice areas and serves as a staff manager. He has over 15 years of experience providing TA, evaluating programs, and building organizational capacities with clients across ...
Smallholder farmers rely on crops for income and food security, but their ability to generate income and maintain food security is threatened by a number of factors. Kenya’s Plantwise program is a global initiative that provides smallholder farmers with vital information on the maintenance of crop health and environmentally sustainable ...