Jessie Tobin

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 wit […]

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 […]

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 S […]

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 t […]

By Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox
As we have recounted in previous blogs, NYKids’ most recent study explored the impacts of the pandemic on educators in six schools throughout New York State. One line of i […]

By Aaron Leo & James Conway

NYKids is happy to share our second blog from our most recent study on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education workforce. It highlights key take-aways from Lake George […]

By K.C. Wilcox and John Egresits
This blog announces another NYKids 2022 case study on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education workforce. It highlights key take-aways from the Whitesboro Middle […]

By K.C. Wilcox and Kelli McGowan
This is the first in a series of blogs NYKids shares from our most recent study on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education workforce. It highlights key take-aways […]

By Jessie Tobin, Jordyn Kossow & Brittney Wong
The transition from high school to work or college is a critical turning point in a young person’s life. The challenges individuals might face during this time have b […]

By Maria Khan & Dr. Kristen Wilcox

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) Equity in Education initiative is supporting research-practice partnerships (including NYKids, Tech Valley High (TVH) and Chatham High […]

By Aaron Leo, Jessie Tobin & Kristen C. Wilcox
Youths’ Mental Health and Trauma during the Pandemic
As documented in previous NYKids blogs, students’ mental health and social-emotional wellbeing has become a top […]

By Kristen C. Wilcox & Maria I. Khan

On Monday, March 7, 2022, the NYKids team met with our Advisory Board members to share updates on NYKids’ core mission to Inform, Inspire, and Improve and to receive f […]

By Jessie Tobin & Aaron Leo

Supporting youths’ mental health has been a priority for school and district leaders for several years. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has exposed existing inequalities regarding a […]

By Hal Lawson and Francesca Durand

Principals and district central officers are entrusted with an important, challenging mission. They and their respective workforces must ensure that all the children and […]

By Maria I. Khan & Kristen C. Wilcox

As we announced in a recent blog, the American Institutes of Research (AIR) Equity in Education initiative is supporting research-practice partnerships (including NYKids) to […]

By Jessie Tobin & Maria Khan

During another year affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the NYKids team has been busy working alongside our partners to disseminate findings from our study, “Discovering Differential […]

By Maria Khan & Aaron Leo
There is an entire generation who will look back to themselves as “pandemic children” in the years to come. For many of them, this has been the first time they are in elementary cla […]

By Amanda Zullo

Within each stage of NYKids research, the role of communication from the building and district leadership has been analyzed. Communication has been noted as influencing educators’ levels of s […]

By Kristen C. Wilcox

A Milestone Luncheon celebrating the achievements of the Minority Health Disparities (MHD) Engaged Researchers Collaborative was held on September 24th in the University at Albany’s A […]

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

On September 16th, a subgroup of NYKids Advisory Board members and NYKids researchers convened to discuss results from our Discovering Impacts of the […]