ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 3, 2024 (Globe Newswire) — The American Institute for Research (AIR) is a partnership with the U.S. Department of Education to operate four centers that support national, state, and local efforts to address education issues. selected by. Tackle challenges and support student growth. These centers are part of a federally funded integrated center network that provides states and districts with development services and technical assistance (TA) to improve teaching and learning.
AIR leads three Regional Comprehensive Centers (RCCs) and one national content center focused on fiscal equity. Through this initiative, AIR expands on its long-standing commitment to guiding educators in using evidence to improve outcomes. Increase equitable access to learning opportunities. Improve the quality of classroom instruction for all students. Through the five-year grant, which begins in October, AIR will guide the activities of three RCCs:
Northeast Comprehensive Center (serving Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont); Based on their experience working with educators in school districts across the Northeast, AIR’s TA experts bring together evidence-based programs, practices, and interventions to inform decision-making and learning experiences. The AIR team, led by Ellen Cushing, will operate the Northeast Comprehensive Center with support from Applied Enterprise Management. Midwest Comprehensive Center (serving Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin). Supporting underserved students is an important part of AIR’s commitment to the Midwest region. AIR will lead the Midwest Regional Education Research Institute, which will build an active, interconnected network of districts, schools, and practitioners to lay the foundation for a TA approach in understanding local contexts and needs. You can. The Midwest Comprehensive Center team, led by Aaron Butler and Bethenny Reich, includes partners from Manhattan Strategy Group. Western General Center (serving Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah). AIR will work with practitioners and education leaders across the region to create and expand capacity-building services that address the region’s most pressing education challenges, such as chronic absenteeism. The West Comprehensive Center team, led by Jenny Scala and Alicia Espinoza, includes the Arizona Rural School Association, Brigham Young University Center for Teacher Education and School Improvement, UCLA Center for School Reform, and the University of Nevada, Reno. .
AIR will also launch a new Center for Fiscal Equity to help states and districts across the country develop fair and appropriate resource allocation strategies. AIR, led by Beth Howard Brown and Jim Colliot, will establish and operate the center with support from partners Afton Partners and the Association of School Owners (ASBO).
“Evidence-based technical assistance provided across our network of integrated centers will help strengthen the capacity of state and local education agencies to close equity gaps and improve student outcomes.” AIR said Julie Kochanek, senior vice president of human services. “We are committed to first listening to what leaders and educators need and then working collaboratively to meet those needs in a comprehensive, evidence-based manner. I’m thinking of going.”
In addition to leading the four centers, AIR serves as a subcontractor to Mackrell International and supports central integrated centers including Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Since the program’s inception in 2005, AIR has operated a comprehensive center and partnered with federal, state, and local governments in all 50 states and U.S. territories to provide high-quality services and resources to support the education sector. .
About AIR
Founded in 1946, the American Institute for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that conducts research in the behavioral and social sciences and provides technical assistance nationally and internationally in the areas of education, health, and the workforce. . AIR’s work is driven by a mission to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more just world. AIR is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices throughout the United States and internationally. For more information, please visit www.air.org.
