By, Aaron Leo, Jessie Tobin, Maria Khan, and Kristen C. Wilcox NYKids recently finished the first phase of our study entitled “Discovering Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Education Workforce” in which we surveyed over 900 educators across New …
by Kristen C. Wilcox Happy New Year! 2021 was a busy year for NYKids and we hope that 2022 will bring the spread of new innovations to tackle the many challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has posed to all children, families, …
By Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to disrupt regular school operations into a third year, the mental health of “pandemic children” as well as social-emotional learning opportunities are chief concerns. In this blog, …
by Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox Family and community engagement has been a high priority for NYKids since its inception in 2005. More recently, we noted in an article published in the School Community Journal the importance of family-school …
By, Maria Khan, Aaron Leo, and Kristen C. Wilcox After all New York state schools shifted to remote instruction in March 2020, elementary school students were among the first to go back to in-person instruction. Most of these elementary school …
by Jessie Tobin, Aaron Leo, and Kristen C. Wilcox After a tumultuous couple of years, most students and staff have now returned to mostly in-person learning. Moving forward, one particular challenge facing school leaders and educators is an uptick in …
By Kristen C. Wilcox and Maria Khan Recently NYKids team members attended the “Collaborative Learning and Technology in Networked Improvement Communities (NICs)” webinar hosted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Panelists included: Anthony S. Bryk, author of …
by Aaron Leo Falling rates of student attendance in districts across the country have drawn attention from educators and policymakers. In this blog we discuss the importance of school attendance, the potential reasons behind the declining rates, and measures which …
By Jessie Tobin More than one month into the 2021 – 2022 academic year, school personnel across the nation continue to grapple with pandemic-related challenges. One focus of attention is on the essential need to safely transport children and youth …
by Maria Ishaq Khan Even after two years of pandemic disruptions and all the lessons learned throughout, the 2021-22 school year has been off to a rocky start with the delta variant casting a dark shadow on reopening plans. Already, …