Trent Sharp

Senior TA Consultant

Trent Sharp is a senior technical assistance consultant at AIR. His primary responsibilities include supporting systemic improvement through spatial analysis, cross-functional teaming and project alignment, sustainable design, need-finding, facilitation, and coaching. He currently leads projects serving multiple state education agencies who are applying geospatial analysis as a centerpiece to systems alignment and intra-agency collaboration.

Dr. Sharp has extensive training in organizational change management, socio-cultural contexts of education, and human-centered design. He has recently lead school improvement change processes as a teacher, turnaround principal, district-level reform director, regional specialist, and consultant on state and national projects. His research interests include the policy and program intersections between economic development, workforce development, human and environmental health, and education.

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Expertise
Education
District and School Improvement

Ph.D., Education Policy and Planning; M.A., Curriculum and Instruction; M.A., Education Administration; and B.A., English, University of Texas at Austin

Contact Trent Sharp

+1.512.476.6861
Related Work
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Assessing the Adult Literacy Pipeline in the Permian Basin

37% of adults in the Permian Basin, a 22-county area covering large swaths of West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico, are low literate. The Literacy Coalition of the Permian Basin is committed to confronting this challenge by providing resources, increasing awareness, and convening partners to ensure efforts are aligned and ...
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Promoting Digital Equity and Opportunity in the Time of COVID-19

10 Sep 2020
Often, strategies to provide equal access to technology and the internet involve simply providing people with devices. AIR's Trent Sharp explains why this could be short-sighted.
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Sharing Lessons From Reward Schools to Improve Learning in Texas

08 Aug 2017
Decades of research have shown the harmful effects of poverty on student performance. Title I schools in Texas face particular challenges, including high rates of students living in poverty, high student mobility, and large proportions of English learners. Working closely with the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Comprehensive Center set ...