By Aaron Leo, Postdoctoral Fellow, and Kristen C. Wilcox, Director of Research and Development Team-based approaches to improve school functioning and student outcomes offer great promise, yet frequently yield mixed results. Too often, school-based teams lack the time and direction …
The NYKids team attended the sixth annual Carnegie Foundation Summit hosted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Summit brings together practicing K-12 and post-secondary educators, researchers, policymakers and others to focus on improving educational outcomes. Improvement …
By Catherine Kramer, Research Assistant, Kristen Wilcox, Director of Research and Development, Kathryn Schiller, Co-Investigator School culture survey results, part of the college and career readiness study, reveal that the clearest difference between odds-beaters and their typically performing peers involves …
By Catherine Kramer Kristen Wilcox, Catherine Kramer, and Hal Lawson presented findings from the latest study (college and career readiness) at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association. The presentation focused on how educators in odds-beating secondary schools …
by Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox “We’re not afraid to be ourselves… we [have] academic freedom and flexibility.” – Sherburne-Earlville teacher “…the student … as opposed to being taught to, they’re more taught with and we’re taught by them.” …
By Kathryn S. Schiller, Co-Investigator, Catherine Kramer, Research Assistant, and Kristen C. Wilcox, Director of Research and Development Since 2004, NYKids has studied elementary, middle, and high schools that beat the odds in terms of student outcomes. Each study addresses …
Capital Area School Development Association Executive Director, Mike Piccirillo, spoke with NYKids Director of Research and Development Kristen Wilcox. They discussed culturally responsive education in odds-beating schools. “Our future is about our youth, and our increasingly diverse youth have a …
By Brian D. Rhode (Interim Director of Professional Development and Lead Evaluator, Averill Park CSD) and Kristen C. Wilcox (Director of Research and Development, NYKids) It seems fair to say that most educators strive to consistently improve student outcomes. However, …
By Catherine Kramer, Research Assistant, NYKids “There is a remarkable confluence of experience and science on one point: Children learn best when we treat them as human beings, with social and emotional as well as academic needs,” according to the …
By Catherine Kramer, Research Assistant for NYKids (Edited by Kristen C. Wilcox, Director NYKids) At Port Chester Senior High School their foyer is lit by a globe that illuminates flags from around the world signaling their embrace of diversity. Serving …