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The IIE’s work in special education teaching and learning focuses on the study of teachers’ interaction with learners and how they integrate evidence-based practices into the classroom. For the past three years, the IIE faculty and staff have partnered with the D.C. Office of the Superintendent of Education to implement the Leadership Institute in Secondary Special Education (LISSE). This intensive professional development program provides DC teachers with the resources and supports to develop leadership skills aimed at supporting the use of evidence-based practices to integrate college and career readiness, common core, and Individualized Education Program goals within the curriculum for secondary students with disabilities.

In 2019, Sarah Irvine Belson, Executive Director of the IIE, was awarded a grant from the US Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs to support the Early Literacy Intervention Leads Program (ELI Leads). This project provided funding for eight doctoral candidates in the School of Education's EdD in Education Policy and Leadership. In partnership with DC Public Schools, the project team will support ELI Leads scholars as they work to improve early reading outcomes for DC students.Ìý

Aimed toward increasing the number of highly qualified math and science teachers in high-need D.C. schools, this program focuses on quality instruction, student achievement, inquiry, and assessments for instructional decision-making. Read more about the grant through the National Science Foundation's .

Program directors and administrators of community-based heritage language schools, members of language communities involved in these schools, and directors and leaders from public/private/charter schools gather for an annual conference hosted by the Institute for Innovation in Education at American University to learn about heritage language work from national and international practitioners. To learn more, visit the , as well as .