by Jessie Tobin and Kristen C. Wilcox It’s conference season! NYKids is headed to Philadelphia on April 11th for the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) 2024 Meeting. We are thrilled for the opportunity to share our partnership work with Tech …
By, Kristen C. Wilcox and Theresa Billington NYKids has been studying positive outlier schools (those achieving statistically better outcomes for youth of color and those growing up in poverty) for two decades. One of our consistent findings has related to …
By David Hurst, Ph.D, Deputy Superintendent of Bethlehem Central School District This is Part 2 of our blog series (see Part 1 here) on the importance of inclusive and safe school climates. In this blog, Dr. David Hurst, Deputy Superintendent …
by Lisa Graham-Donato What is “School Climate”? The National School Climate Center (NSCC) defines school climate as the “quality and character of school life” which is based on the “patterns of students’ parents’ and school personnel’s experience of school life.” …
By Aaron Leo and C. Fred Engelhardt Jr. This January, educators, policymakers, and community members from across the country arrived in New York City for the Center for School Improvement (CSI) Leadership Institute held by the American Federation of Teachers …
Twentieth Year of NYKids Informing, Inspiring, and Improving New year, new logo, new study! NYKids is excited to announce that 2024 is our 20th year of fulfilling our mission “to inform, inspire, and improve.” We extend appreciation to the state …
by Kristen C. Wilcox The topic of agency is not new to the education field and for good reason. NYKids, for example, has found that over the almost 20 years of positive outlier school studies we have conducted, agency is …
by Jessie Tobin & Lisa Graham-Donato The NYKids team wishes everyone a wonderful start to the new year! To gear up for the year ahead we are taking a trip down memory lane and reflecting on our audience engagement in …
By Adrienne Leon, APR, Director of Engagement & Development Services at Capital Region BOCES At 3 p.m. on March 12, 2020, a group of 24 school superintendents from the greater Capital Region and their teams met on a conference call. …
By Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox While NYKids Director Kristen C. Wilcox attended the UCEA convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, co-facilitating critical conversations on collaborative research, Aaron Leo, Assistant Director of Research for NYKids, was in Toronto, Canada for the …