by Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox Culturally Responsive Education in Rural Schools The last several decades have seen a growing recognition of the value of culturally responsive education (CRE) alongside research that has documented its effectiveness in addressing disparities …
by Aaron Leo In the last several months, researchers have begun to uncover evidence showing how COVID-19 school closures are causing disproportionate effects on students across the country. In many cases, these effects have exacerbated already existing inequalities along lines …
by Lisa Yu As schools in New York state reopen in the fall whether using remote instruction or some hybrid model, ELL students will need to receive support again for their English language and content knowledge development. However, it is …
by Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox Decades of school reform have focused on teachers’ instructional practices. Many of the recommended changes have highlighted research on ”evidence-based” best practices that are gleaned from such sources as the What Works Clearinghouse. …
by Kristen C. Wilcox In a prior NYKids blog, we described how Improvement science (IS) serves as a resource for school and district leaders and staff to organize their improvement efforts around high leverage actions (i.e. those actions most likely …
by Aaron Leo As Independence Day approaches, we take the opportunity to reflect on the potential for education to fulfill the promise of democracy and equality laid out by the architects of the United States Constitution. This blog explores the …
by Lisa Yu The COVID-19 induced school shutdown has left millions of teachers and students dependent on remote teaching and learning across the country. In response to the abrupt transition, the New York State Education Department has provided new guidance …
by Hal A. Lawson Demography is not destiny, i.e., children’s circumstances at birth do not necessarily predict their outcomes as adults. This is America’s constitutional promise, and it applies to everyone, everywhere in the U.S. Our education systems are the …
by Aaron Leo Students’ mental health was already being recognized as a growing concern in the United States before the COVID-19 pandemic which has wreaked social and economic havoc across the country and the world. Now experts are just beginning …
by Kristen C. Wilcox, Rebecca Shea, and Catherine Kramer “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together” -Lila Watson (Indigenous Australian visual artist, activist and academic working in the …