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By Catherine Kramer, NYKids Research Assistant

New research from the Census Bureau and economists at Brown and Harvard Universities examines the power of neighborhoods in trapping or propelling young people out […]

Read the recent press release from the University at Albany about the latest research from NYKids.

by Hal A. Lawson, Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership; and Professor of Social Welfare, University at Albany – SUNY

“Beating the odds” has two connotations. Although one is associated with gam […]

Dr. Kristen Wilcox (Director of Research and Development for NYKids) and Nancy Andress (Faculty for CASDA) hosted a COMPASS Institute at Arongen Elementary in Shenendehowa CSD.COMPASS is research-driven […]

by Aaron Leo, NYKids Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate

In contrast with widely-held assumptions that English Learners (ELs) have made little progress over the last decade, new findings released in Educational […]

by Catherine Kramer, NYKids Research Assistant 

NYKids is gearing up to release the findings from its latest study focusing on how odds-beating high school educators prepare students for college or […]

NYKids was featured at the University at Albany’s School of Education Day. The day is intended to celebrate the educational innovations and advancements made by the School of Education’s faculty and students. […]

NYKids releases the initial results of its latest study that focuses on how odds-beating school educators prepare students for college or career.

This study provides on-the-ground insights into what measures […]

New course available from NYKids’ Kristen Wilcox. Register now at: https://www.albany.edu/apply-now

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Dr. Kristen Wilcox from NYKids (right) and Nancy Andress from CASDA (left) invited by the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS) to their school improvement workshop at Monroe BOCES.

NYKids Director of Research and Development, Dr. Kristen Wilcox, presented at a statewide conference hosted by Nassau BOCES and the School Administrators Association of New York. The purpose of the conference was […]

Stakeholders in our state, as well as many others around the country, have raised concerns and made calls to examine why some “critical needs” students (i.e. economically disadvantaged, English Language lea […]