By Kristen C. Wilcox and Lisa Graham-Donato As the second in a series on NYKids’ partner schools’ improvement efforts, this week we are focusing on Wynantskill Union Free School District. We continue to draw on the 5S Framework for problem …
By Kristen C. Wilcox We (Kristen and Aaron) were honored to have opportunities to represent NYKids and participate in two conferences between November 17th– 19th. The University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) annual convention was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota and …
by Kristen C. Wilcox, Meg Rooney, and Lisa Graham-Donato The growing body of research on what supports school improvement initiatives points to a few key considerations. One iteration of these considerations was discussed in the recently published Foundational Handbook on …
By, Dr. C. Fred Engelhardt Jr., Director of Grants and Program Development, City School District of Albany There are certain national and global events that folks remember the precise moment when they occurred, and all of the situational context associated …
By Aaron Leo, Elizabeth A. Holdsworth, & Kristen C. Wilcox As discussed in previous blogs, NYKids conducted a survey study of educators’ experiences of stress during the pandemic. For our most recent analysis, NYKids collaborated with Elizabeth Holdsworth, Assistant Professor …
By, Aaron Leo, Lisa Graham-Donato, Jessie Tobin, Kristen C. Wilcox Over the past year, NYKids has partnered with Chatham Central School District (CSD), Tech Valley High (TVHS), and colleagues from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) COVID-19 Equity in Education project to address the impacts …
By Manya C. Bouteneff, Ed.D. Poverty is not fate. The cycle of poverty and poor academic performance is not inevitable. I identified high-poverty, non-selective public schools in New York State where Economically Disadvantaged (ED) students do well according to rigorous …
By, Jessie Tobin and Maria Khan Another summer has flown by, and students and educators around the world are returning to school in September. After months of summer break, getting back into the school schedule and engaging in school activities …
By Jessie Tobin, Kristen C. Wilcox & Meg Rooney What Do We Know About Engagement? “[My] priority was [to] build relationships built on mutual respect and transparency and know where people are coming from . . . [to] make ourselves …
By Gregory Massara Background & Overview In rural communities, the shift in education during the pandemic involved an “entirely different experience” in learning and teaching for students, teachers, school leaders, and parents. While rural communities and their schools are not …