By Kristen C. Wilcox & Hal A. Lawson Unpacking “Equity” “Equity continues to be defined in a variety of ways and the goals and character of equity-oriented improvement efforts are impacted by how equity is defined” (Wilcox & Lawson, 2022, …
By Kristen C. Wilcox (University at Albany, SUNY) & Sarah J. Zuckerman (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) “Will you be here in three years?” I was asked this question recently when facilitating a conversation with improvement team members in one of NYKids’ …
by Kristen C. Wilcox, Maria I. Khan, Aaron Leo and Jessie Tobin The NYKids team is pleased to announce that our latest report “Opportunities and Challenges to Adapt and Innovate: How Educators Confronted the COVID-19 Pandemic” is now available on …
By, Kristen C. Wilcox, Maria I. Khan, Aaron Leo and Jessie Tobin The NYKids team met with our Advisory Board members for the fall 2022 meeting on November 10. Through these meetings, our team regularly shares updates on its core …
By Jessie Tobin & Kristen C. Wilcox Crown Point Central School was one of seven schools NYKids investigated in the 2018 College and Career Readiness (CCR) study and was also highlighted in the CCR youth-focused study of 2020. It was …
by Aaron Leo The last year has seen a range of new evidence which points to the severe effects of the pandemic on youths’ mental health and social-emotional wellbeing. A report from the Center for Disease Control, for example, states …
by Dr. Christine Smith Merriam-Webster defines the word “safe” as: secure from threat of danger, harm, or loss. With what appears to be an increase of gun violence on school property across the US, “school safety” is high on the …
By Maria I. Khan & Kristen C. Wilcox NYKids’s Partnerships with TVHS and Chatham with support from AIR NYKids has been regularly sharing updates about our work with Tech Valley High School and Chatham Central School District in addressing critical …
By, Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox “We must do more to support students and teachers in our state and encourage a new generation to enter the field of education so that New York never again faces the chronic staffing …
By K.C. Wilcox Reports continue to roll in regarding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people’s mental health. In a 2021 report, an estimated 37.1% of students experienced poor mental health in the pandemic, 44.2% of students reported …