Jessie Tobin

Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

By Lisa Yu

In the past few decades, social-emotional health has been increasingly acknowledged as a top priority. Some organizations have put forward frameworks that outline tenets for taking a whole child […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

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

On January 20th, 22-year-old Amanda Gorman delivered her inaugural poem to the nation and world. She reminded listeners of the power of young people’s voices and t […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 2 months ago

By Gayle Simidian, Ed.D., Research Analyst, New York State School Boards Association

School-community partnerships are a form of educational resilience. These types of partnerships often fill a K-12 needs gap […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 2 months ago

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

NYKids recently released the Methods and Procedures Report of the College and Career Readiness Student Study. As an addition to the cross-case report, this report […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 2 months ago

By Kristen C. Wilcox, Aaron Leo, Lisa Yu, & Jessie Tobin

We are pleased to announce that our new report entitled College and Career Readiness: Students’ Perspectives on Life After High School is now available on […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 4 months ago

By Kristen C. Wilcox, Aaron Leo, Lisa Yu, & Jessie Tobin

On December 2nd, NYKids Advisory Board members met virtually for a yearly strategic planning meeting. The NYKids Advisory Board has been in place since […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 4 months ago

By Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox

In educational research, the concept of agency has provided a valuable conceptual alternative to deterministic portrayals of schools as oppressive institutions where teachers […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 4 months ago

By Kristen C. Wilcox

Like a tornado, COVID-19 has shown itself to be a somewhat unpredictable and dangerous force of nature. And as one storm chaser in the thriller “Twister” recommended while a tornado app […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 5 months ago

By Kristen C. Wilcox & Aaron Leo
This Veterans Day, we take a moment to unpack the concept of “civic engagement”, reflect on the value of community and national service, and connect these topics to ways edu […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 5 months ago

By Kristen C. Wilcox & Jessie Tobin

On November 4th, the NYKids team attended an edTrends panel discussion on civil discourse and civic engagement. The panel participants offered their perspectives on the ways […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 5 months ago

By Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox

This is the second in a series of blogs presenting our findings from the second phase of the College and Career Readiness Study focusing on students’ experiences and p […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 5 months ago

By Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox

As announced in recent blog posts, our NYKids team has just completed the second phase of the College and Career Readiness Study focusing on students’ perspectives on their high s […]
Jessie Tobin wrote a new post 5 years, 6 months ago

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

In this blog, we highlight one of the six principles of Improvement Science; being problem-focused and user-centered. We connect it to NYKids improvement work and […]

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