Aaron Leo

Upcoming New York State School Board’s Association Event: Promoting Educator Well-being By, Kristen C. Wilcox, Associate Professor, University at Albany & Director, NYKids & Aaron Leo, Assistant Director, NYKids What do we know about educator […]

NYKids Partners with HFM BOCES: Galvanizing Shared Leadership for Equity in 2023 By Kristen C. Wilcox and Jessie Tobin Wondering what to focus on in the 2023 school year and how to launch improvement efforts for equity this summer? […]

Using Data for Continuous Improvement with the New and Improved NYKids Performance Tracker Tool  By Maria I. Khan and Kristen C. Wilcox “We cannot improve at scale what we cannot measure.” – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teach […]

Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities: Challenges and Promising Practices from NYKids Research by Jessie Tobin and Kristen C. Wilcox In 2022, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) published data on youth reading assessments showing a […]

NYKids Team Presenting Study Findings at AERA Annual Conference by Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox The NYKids team is getting ready to head to Chicago for the American Educational Research Association’s annual c […]

Teachers’ Emotions during the Pandemic by Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox “Emotions are at the heart of teaching” – Hargreaves (2001, p. 835) Teaching goes far beyond simply “delivering” content t […]

by Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox
Recent NYKids blogs have explored findings from our latest report, “Opportunities and Challenges to Adapt and Innovate: How Educators Confronted the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The res […]

by Kristen C. Wilcox & Francesca Durand
In this blog, we (Drs. Kristen C. Wilcox, University at Albany and Francesca Durand, Russell Sage College) share findings from a study of leaders’ stakeholder empowerment s […]

by Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox

In NYKids’ most recent study, our team investigated how educators responded to the pandemic in six schools across New York State. These schools were identified as positive o […]

by Maria I. Khan, Kristen C. Wilcox, Jessie Tobin & Aaron Leo

NYKids has been working to address many of the adverse effects of the pandemic through our COVID-19 research study as well as supporting and […]

by Maria I. Khan and Kristen C. Wilcox
As the pandemic began in March 2020, millions of children around the world were shifted from in-person to remote instruction. Globally, education systems and structures […]

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 C […]

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 […]

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 C […]

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 safet […]

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 […]

NYKids is happy to share a blog from our most recent study on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education workforce. It highlights key take-aways from Shaker Road Elementary School in the South Colonie […]

by Brian Carey and Susan Phillips

As we head back to school, it is a good time to take stock of the contributions of the many personnel that make for a successful school and a quality education.  Every one of […]

by Aaron Leo
NYKids is happy to share a blog from our most recent study on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education workforce. It highlights key take-aways from Tamarac Secondary School in the […]

by K.C. Wilcox and Mike Burns

This blog announces another NYKids 2022 case study of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education workforce. It highlights key take-aways from Chatham Middle School in the […]