By Lisa Yu, Aaron Leo, and Kristen C. Wilcox The COVID-19 pandemic has added more stress to the already high-stress profession of teaching. In a recent study, nearly half the participants who voluntarily quit teaching indicated the pandemic as the …
By, Aaron Leo, Jessie Tobin, and Kristen C. Wilcox On June 29, NYKids Director of Research and Development Kristen Wilcox participated in the Top7 Intelligent Communities Conference hosted by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF). The ICF is a think tank …
By Jessie Tobin, Kristen C. Wilcox, and Aaron Leo NYKids Research and Development Director and Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership at the University at Albany, Dr. Kristen C. Wilcox, recently presented at the June 28 Summer Symposium: Addressing …
By Dr. Kathryn Schiller & Beth Anne Horning Dr. Kathryn Schiller, a NYKids’ Co-investigator and Chair and Associate Professor in the Educational Policy and Leadership Department at University at Albany, along with doctoral student and research assistant Beth Anne Horning …
By Jessie Tobin, Aaron Leo, & Kristen C. Wilcox Making Social-Emotional Health a Priority As we covered in a previous blog, the pandemic has caused detrimental effects on some children’s academic learning, but also has affected the social-emotional development of …
by Aaron Leo, Jessie Tobin, and Kristen C. Wilcox As the school year comes to a close and summer approaches, educators and researchers have already begun thinking about how to best prepare for school this fall. This blog explores research …
By Kristen C. Wilcox & Jessie Tobin For school and district leaders, the end of the 2020-21 school year may come with a combination of exhaustion and a sense of relief, but also foreboding. What can education leaders expect with …
By Fang (Lisa) Yu, Aaron Leo, Jessie Tobin, & Kristen C. Wilcox The COVID-19 pandemic has added more stress to the already high-stress profession of educating children and youth. Unfortunately, the experiences of educators – including school instructional and support …
By Brian Rhode and Kristen C. Wilcox The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged even the most experienced leaders to adapt and innovate and help others in their schools and districts to do the same. Looking ahead to the fall, re-opening schools …
By Jessie Tobin The University at Albany recently hosted a virtual seminar featuring bestselling author and antiracist scholar Ibram X. Kendi. Dr. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Center for Antiracist …