The REL Southwest serves the education needs of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas through eight research alliances, which bring together practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and others to examine and address high-priority regional needs.
Amarillo Independent School District’s federally funded Vision 2020 Virtual Learning Strand grant program provides funding to increase participation in the Texas Virtual School Network. The primary goal of Vision 2020 was to provide staff development and technology-based resources and support aimed at increasing the district’s technology content knowledge as well ...
How can state education agencies identify and apply effective practices to achieve their goals? Education research can point to beneficial practices, but finding relevant research can be a difficult and time-consuming process. The Midwest Comprehensive Center partnered with the Minnesota Department of Education leadership to help state education staff understand ...
John Spence is a senior technical assistance consultant at AIR. He has over 17 years of experience directing large-scale initiatives in public education with a solid track record of expanding operations, initiating and maintaining strategic partnerships, managing technical assistance and professional development for educators, developing and sustaining meaningful relationships with ...
The tragic school shooting at an Uvalde, Texas, school initiated discussion over how to prevent future violent events. While there is no magic answer to reducing violence in our schools and communities, AIR’s David Osher and Sandra Williamson discuss evidence-based actions.
On any single day, approximately 5 million young people ages 16 to 24 are not in school or working in the U.S. The PROMISE Center is committed to finding ways to more effectively meet the needs of all opportunity youth, including the most vulnerable who are often screened out of ...
Kathleen Murphy, Ph.D., is a principal investigator for AIR’s Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research. She also directs a research portfolio of surveys and training related to cancer and employment in collaboration with the Southwest Americans with Disabilities Act Center. Dr. Murphy is a former vice president ...
In partnership with AIR’s Methods of Synthesis and Integration Center (MOSAIC), PROMISE Center researchers are conducting a systematic review and gap analysis of the evidence on sectoral and related workforce training approaches. In this study, we will identify effective models, key components, and other factors that contribute to program effectiveness. ...
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.
On June 30, 2022, the Promoting Resilience, Opportunity, and Mobility in Support of Equity (PROMISE) Center at AIR presented Creating a More Equitable Workforce System at Scale: A Roundtable Discussion.