This CALDER Center webinar will focus on the implications of COVID-19 disruptions of teacher education in light of the role that preparation and licensure systems play in the development of teacher candidates.
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 ...
Carolyn Corea is a senior researcher at AIR and leads the lead for Evidence-to-Action (E2A) portfolio. Building on her background in social work, she is committed to bringing actionable evidence to the field to inform the work of policymakers and practitioners. Corea is well versed in conducting social program research ...
Shauntice Wheeler is a senior TA consultant in the Educators & Instruction program at AIR. Wheeler is a dedicated and passionate educator with more than 24 years of experience in public education. She provides quality support in the areas of educator recruitment, preparation, development, and retention. She is currently working ...
This document describes the common goals and shared values between systems of care and child welfare, explains why child welfare should be involved in systems of care, and lists the benefits to child welfare from participating as part of a system of care.
Teacher quality is recognized as a primary driver of variation in student learning outcomes, particularly in refugee and emergency settings, but few studies have examined the factors that motivate or demotivate teachers in these contexts. This article examines secondary source materials from academic experts and gray literature from United Nations ...
Contributing and working alongside Native Nations, AIR has a deep commitment to engaging communities, fostering shared vision and values, building capacity, and developing strategic alliances to achieve sustainable systems change in Indian Country.
Critical gaps currently exist in the availability of high-quality preschool, particularly in low-income areas of Sonoma County, California. Building on the county's interest in universal preschool, and the body of work already conducted in the county supporting it, this report provides a plan to expand access to preschool and to ...
The AIR Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES) is offering a webinar series featuring experts in the addiction field and focusing on specific social determinants of health and their relationship to substance use disorder and overdose.
This report delivers an overview of the site visit component of the TTT evaluation. Specifically, it describes the process that was used to select the eight sites and provides a snapshot of each; discusses major themes that emerged from the data and relates them to the literature on alternative certification ...