By Lisa Yu and Kristen C. Wilcox While English language learners (ELLs), like their native English-speaking peers, have been receiving remote instruction for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects on ELL academic learning and social and emotional …
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 April Prestipino Tools on Principal Leadership Actions In the 2012-2013 school year, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) deployed the Diagnostic Tool for School and District Effectiveness (DTSDE), to support low-performing schools (e.g., Focus Schools or Priority Schools) …
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 …