Elizabeth Spier is a principal researcher at AIR. She has over 20 years of experience designing and managing large-scale, policy-relevant studies examining the effectiveness of programs, and interventions designed to improve developmental and educational outcomes for children. Her expertise includes child development, safe and supportive learning environments, child and family ...
This presentation focused on the use of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) as an evidence-based treatment for children involved with the child welfare system and their families.
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.
Stacia J. Rush joined AIR as a research analyst in 2005. For the Access Center, she served as a technical assistance liaison with the Mid-South Regional Resource Center and assisted with developing products and presentations for the center. Dr. Rush also served as team leader on the Instructional Strategies Team ...
Namita Tanya Padgaonkar is a researcher at AIR. Dr. Padgaonkar conducts research and evaluation work for programs focused on supporting youth and their communities. She is dedicated to using evidence to improve the lives of young people, particularly those impacted by the juvenile justice system. As such, her work spans ...
Xan Young is a principal technical assistance consultant at AIR. She directs the Violence Prevention Technical Assistance Center (VPTAC), funded by the Prevention Practice and Translation Branch, in the Division of Violence Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). VPTAC provides comprehensive training and technical assistance (TTA) ...
Jennifer D. Pierce is a senior technical assistant consultant for AIR with thirteen years of experience working in public and private school settings as a teacher, coach, building leader, and district-level leader and four years of experience working in higher education as a research assistant and instructor. Dr. Pierce's areas ...
To improve services to students and families, we need information on what districts and charter management organizations are doing and plan to do to address COVID-19. From mid-May through July 2020, we are asking school district and charter management organization leaders to respond to a nationally representative survey of school ...
A new AIR impact study calls attention to a new potential lever to reduce teacher burnout—instructional coaching that focuses on teachers’ successes in the classroom. The study
examined the impact of a program called MyTeachingPartner and found that the program increased participants' enthusiasm about teaching and lowered their negative sentiments about ...
In this Q&A, Principal Researcher Patricia Campie explains how Boston became a leader in the violence prevention field, how hospital-based interventions work, and why she thinks the root causes of community violence are universal.