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 …
by Kristen Wilcox, Aaron Leo, and Jon Reidel In a recent interview, Kristen C. Wilcox, NYKids Research and Development Director, explored how Jon Reidel, Communications Director, at CFES Brilliant Pathways in Essex, NY sees the role of mentoring in helping …
by Aaron Leo Over half of all immigrant students attend community college at one point in their postsecondary careers. So heavily concentrated are immigrant students in community colleges that one estimate places 1 in every 4 community college students “from …
by Hal A. Lawson School Physical Education (PE) programs became fixtures in America’s school systems in the first half of the 20th Century. Since then state education department policy standards across the nation have provided commonalities and similarities Nevertheless, PE …
By Aaron Leo, Kristen C. Wilcox, and Lisa Cala Ruud How do high school principals use data to make decisions? Dr. Lisa Cala Ruud explored this question in her recent dissertation study based on the NYKids College and Career Readiness …
By Kristen C. Wilcox & Aaron Leo Educators are responding to the numerous challenges they face in moving to a completely online format due to COVID-19-prompted school closures. In this blog we check in with the principal of Malverne Senior …
By Hal A. Lawson As the 20th Century closed, the Carnegie Corporation of New York and its Council on Adolescent Development published a clarion call to action, A Matter of Time: Risk and Opportunity in the Nonschool Hours. This report …
By Aaron Leo Millions of public-school students across the country are now being educated remotely due to the social distancing measures brought on by the spread of COVID-19. The challenge of holding lessons online has highlighted unequal access to technology …