By Lisa Yu, Kristen C. Wilcox, Aaron Leo Agency has become a popular topic in the educational research literature as its enhancement has been viewed as a way to empower young people to act on their own and others’ behalf. …
by Kristen C. Wilcox School leaders and teachers need innovations that help them produce improvements that address the disparities of learning opportunities too many young people experience in K-12 schools. Innovative practices that re-center leaders’ and teachers’ attention on the …
by Kristen C. Wilcox As schools begin to reopen and after almost six months of varying degrees of closures in practically every segment of society across the United States, COVID melt has been a concern. While “COVID melt” (i.e. losses …
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 Lisa Yu By July 2020, NYKids researchers will have completed all data collection for the College and Career Readiness student study that began in the fall of 2019. Based on others’ research as well as the first phase of …
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 …