Dual language leaners represent large and growing population in California’s early learning programs. Yet, without formal certifications or training requirements, many early learning providers are not sufficiently prepared to work with DLLs. This report summarizes results from a study created to examine the implementation and impact of an investment in ...
Alejandra Martin is a researcher at AIR. Dr. Martin has experience in research and evaluation studies of English language learners and dual language learners, child development, and family and community engagement. She has extensive experience contributing to large federal contracts, including with the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
Dr. Martin is ...
Darcee Simon is a TA Consultant at AIR. Simon’s expertise spans education, non-profit and workforce development with a focus on strategic partnership development, cross-program coordination and system alignment. Project work at AIR has included supporting state and local workforce development areas with strategic planning, coaching state grantee teams and state ...
AIR is developing a 12-month part-time Justice Equity Fellowship for individuals directly impacted by the justice system. The goals of the Fellowship include (a) advancing employment opportunities in research and technical assistance positions for individuals directly impacted by the justice system and (b) supporting AIR’s organizational learning and development to ...
Amanda Ahlstrand is a managing director in the Workforce Policy and Programs practice area of AIR. In this role, she provides strategic leadership, business development, and resource management to a team that delivers technical assistance, mixed methods research, and evaluation services to clients ranging from Federal and state agencies to ...
Maher & Maher was recently awarded a five-year Industry Intermediary contract by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship in order to expand access to apprenticeships in the field of Information Technology. Maher, a subsidiary of AIR, will work with its strategic partner CompTIA, the world’s leading technology trade ...
The initiatives to enhance adult learning program accountability and assessment systems of the following states are described in this paper: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia.
At any given moment, between 60 million and 80 million Americans count on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for health coverage. AIR helps clients translate policy into practice and improve the reach and effectiveness of Medicaid and CHIP.
Lisa White is a senior researcher at AIR in the early childhood practice area. Her areas of expertise include dual language learners (DLLs), including their development and culturally and linguistically sensitive classroom instruction; executive functioning development; early science teaching and learning; measurement of child learning (including computerized assessments); teacher professional ...
Johannes M. (Hans) Bos is a senior vice president and Institute Fellow at AIR. Dr. Bos is a nationally recognized expert in the conduct of randomized control trials in education and other areas of social policy research. Since 1992 he has conducted numerous evaluations and policy studies in education, child ...