Aaron Leo

by Aaron Leo, Jessie Tobin, and Kristen C. Wilcox

As the school year comes to a close and summer approaches, educators and researchers have already begun thinking about how to best prepare for school this fall. […]

New NAEd Report Highlights Need for Civic Education By Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox Civic education has become even more crucial in light of political and social upheavals around the world this year. To […]

by Kristen C. Wilcox & Deborah Larrabee

This Carnegie Foundation Summit presentation revisits Fort Plain Junior Senior High school which has partnered with NYKids for a number of years in using NYKids’ positive o […]

By Hal A. Lawson

Nearly every day the news media tells compelling stories about the status of one or more school districts and presents prospects for a return to “school-as-usual”.  Three priorities are feat […]

By Kristen C. Wilcox, Catherine Kramer, and Amanda Lester

“A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. Democracy has to be b […]

By Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, educators across the United States have the opportunity to explore Native American history with their students. Unfortunately, simplistic […]

by Kristen C. Wilcox & Jessie Tobin
Educators in rural schools, like in other school contexts (Kerner & Hall, 2009; Sorensen & Fleming, 2004), are increasingly expected to use relevant research to guide school and […]

By Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox
The Latinx student population residing in the United States tripled between 1980 and the end of the 20th century; currently one in four students in U.S. schools identify as Latinx […]

By Jessie Tobin, Lisa Yu, and Kristen C. Wilcox

Kids, as major stakeholders in their own educational experiences, have a lot to lose when they don’t have opportunities to voice their own opinions, take actions a […]

by Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox
Culturally Responsive Education in Rural Schools
The last several decades have seen a growing recognition of the value of culturally responsive education (CRE) alongside research […]

by Aaron Leo

In the last several months, researchers have begun to uncover evidence showing how COVID-19 school closures are causing disproportionate effects on students across the country. In many cases, these […]

by Lisa Yu
As schools in New York state reopen in the fall whether using remote instruction or some hybrid model, ELL students will need to receive support again for their English language and content knowledge […]

by Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox

Decades of school reform have focused on teachers’ instructional practices. Many of the recommended changes have highlighted research on ”evidence-based” best practices that […]

by Kristen C. Wilcox

In a prior NYKids blog, we described how Improvement science (IS) serves as a resource for school and district leaders and staff to organize their improvement efforts around high leverage […]

by Aaron Leo
As Independence Day approaches, we take the opportunity to reflect on the potential for education to fulfill the promise of democracy and equality laid out by the architects of the United States […]

by Lisa Yu

The COVID-19 induced school shutdown has left millions of teachers and students dependent on remote teaching and learning across the country. In response to the abrupt transition, the New York State […]

by Hal A. Lawson

Demography is not destiny, i.e., children’s circumstances at birth do not necessarily predict their outcomes as adults. This is America’s constitutional promise, and it applies to everyone, eve […]

by Aaron Leo

Students’ mental health was already being recognized as a growing concern in the United States before the COVID-19 pandemic which has wreaked social and economic havoc across the country and the w […]

by Kristen C. Wilcox, Rebecca Shea, and Catherine Kramer

“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work togeth […]

by Kristen Wilcox, Aaron Leo, and Jon Reidel

In a recent interview, Kristen C. Wilcox, NYKids Research and Development Director, explored how Jon Reidel, Communications Director, at CFES Brilliant Pathways in […]