By Kristen C. Wilcox While educators (including family members and other caretakers) look for ways to sustain learning opportunities during the COVID-19 school closures, Alfred-Almond Junior-Senior High School offers some insights. Alfred-Almond was one of seven schools identified for their …
By Hal A. Lawson and Aaron Leo The late John Goodlad, internationally acclaimed educational renewal leader, once sparked controversy among members of the Leadership Academy for The National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) when he made the following claim: “Schools …
By Stephanie Affinito, Ph.D., Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning, University at Albany; saffinito@albany.edu Supporting Literacy Instruction Remotely Educators everywhere are shifting their instruction to online spaces to support their students’ learning remotely during these unprecedented times. …
By Lisa Yu Through this third installment in the NYKids 20-20 blog series, we look back at 15 years of NYKids’ research in schools across New York State to revisit past findings from odds-beating schools and explore how educators support …
By Hal A. Lawson, PhD A Place Called School Educators everywhere have heard and perhaps used a familiar slogan, “All children will come to school ready and able to learn”. It announces a mix of belief, hope, expectation, and aspiration. …
By Amanda Lester Through this second installment in the NYKids 20-20 blog series, we look back at 15 years of NYKids’ research in schools across New York State to revisit past findings from the odds-beating schools, alongside lessons learned from …
By Fang (Lisa) Yu Increasing diversity in suburban communities challenges the prevailing myth that students educated in suburban schools come from White and middle-class families. Instead, recent studies have found that suburban schools are undergoing a demographic shift with upticks …
By Aaron Leo As the student population in New York State and across the country continues to become more socioeconomically, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse, the challenge of engaging each child also increases. One promising approach articulated by Geneva Gay …
By Kristen C. Wilcox and Jim Wager Since the early 2000’s New York State has seen changes evident across the nation, and these changes have affected schools and the children and adults who step in their doors every day. Some …
by Amanda J. Lester The unique characteristics of rural school districts and their surrounding communities present both challenges and opportunities for rural school educators. Some of the challenges faced by educators in rural school communities are similar to those faced …