By Kristen C. Wilcox & Jessie Tobin From April 23rd -25th the NYKids team participated in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s Annual Summit in San Diego, California. The event hosted funders, teachers, school and district leaders, improvement …
By Kristen C. Wilcox On Monday April 24th at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront (and available as a pre-recorded session for those attending virtually) I am delighted to join with colleagues from around the United States to offer a workshop …
By Jessie Tobin & Kristen C. Wilcox Happy New Year from NYKids! We are thrilled to embark on a new era of accomplishing our mission to inform, inspire, and improve with our partners across the state, nation, and world (and …
By Kristen C. Wilcox & Hal A. Lawson Unpacking “Equity” “Equity continues to be defined in a variety of ways and the goals and character of equity-oriented improvement efforts are impacted by how equity is defined” (Wilcox & Lawson, 2022, …
By Kristen C. Wilcox (University at Albany, SUNY) & Sarah J. Zuckerman (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) “Will you be here in three years?” I was asked this question recently when facilitating a conversation with improvement team members in one of NYKids’ …
By Jessie Tobin & Kristen C. Wilcox Crown Point Central School was one of seven schools NYKids investigated in the 2018 College and Career Readiness (CCR) study and was also highlighted in the CCR youth-focused study of 2020. It was …
By Maria I. Khan & Kristen C. Wilcox NYKids’s Partnerships with TVHS and Chatham with support from AIR NYKids has been regularly sharing updates about our work with Tech Valley High School and Chatham Central School District in addressing critical …
By K.C. Wilcox Reports continue to roll in regarding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people’s mental health. In a 2021 report, an estimated 37.1% of students experienced poor mental health in the pandemic, 44.2% of students reported …
By Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox As we have recounted in previous blogs, NYKids’ most recent study explored the impacts of the pandemic on educators in six schools throughout New York State. One line of inquiry we pursued was …
By Aaron Leo & James Conway NYKids is happy to share our second blog from our most recent study on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education workforce. It highlights key take-aways from Lake George Elementary School in …