Jessie Tobin

Amplifying Youth Voice and Identity through Action Research: A Conversation with Dr. Jenay F. E. Willis This latest blog shares highlights from our Deep Dive podcast episode with Dr. Jenay F. E. Willis from the University of Mississippi!  Dr. Willis is a […]

Tracking Developments in the Superintendency with Dr. Chuck Dedrick: Executive Director of the New York State Council of School SuperintendentsBy Kristen C. Wilcox and Aaron Leo  About Chuck Dedrick: Our Latest Podcast Guest  We are delighted to announce a new podcast with Dr. Charles S. D […]

Community Schools and Partnerships: A Conversation with Dr. Dawn Anderson-Butcher On this week’s Deep Dive episode, NYKids Research Assistant, Jessie Tobin, interviews Dr. Dawn Anderson-Butcher from Ohio State University (OSU). Dr. A […]

NYKids Deep Dive Podcast: A Conversation with Cindy Gallagher of SAANYSBy Maria I. Khan and Aaron Leo We’re excited to announce a brand-new episode of NYKids Deep Dive, our podcast series featuring powerful conversations with e […]

New Podcast Episode: Demystifying the NYKids Performance Tracker  We’re excited to announce the latest episode of our podcast, where we dive deep into the world of student performance data with two brilliant minds: Doug Ful […]

The Shifting Purpose of a High School Education By K.C. Wilcox NYKids’ research was recently highlighted in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Educational Change Special Interest Group “ […]

Relationships as the Foundation to Civil Discourse: Lessons from Alfred-Almond Jr. Sr. HS By Paul Guay and Jessie Tobin “We do not shy away from this… talk, talk and learn how to talk civilly.” – Teacher, Alfred-Almond Jr. Sr. HS In the wake […]

The Five S’s of Continuous Improvement Taking Hold in Wynantskill: A Second in our Series of Updates from NYKids’ COMPASS Partners By Kristen C. Wilcox and Lisa Graham-Donato As the second in a series on NYKids’ partner schools’ improvement efforts, this week we are focusing on Wyn […]

Highlights from NYKids’ Conference Presentations on Leader-Researcher Collaboration By Kristen C. Wilcox We (Kristen and Aaron) were honored to have opportunities to represent NYKids and participate in two conferences between November 17th- […]

The Five S’s of Continuous Improvement: Updates form NYKids’ COMPASS Partner Oppenheim-Ephratah St. Johnsville (OESJ) by Kristen C. Wilcox, Meg Rooney, and Lisa Graham-Donato The growing body of research on what supports school improvement initiatives points to a few key […]

NYKids' Latest Research: Job Demands and Control among Elementary School Teachers By Aaron Leo, Elizabeth A. Holdsworth, & Kristen C. Wilcox As discussed in previous blogs, NYKids conducted a survey study of educators’ experiences of s […]

Better Relationships – Better Decision-Making – Better Outcomes for Students and Educators By Manya C. Bouteneff, Ed.D. Poverty is not fate. The cycle of poverty and poor academic performance is not inevitable. I identified high-poverty, […]

Engagement and Continuous School Improvement in the New School Year: NYKids and Oppenheim-Ephratah St. Johnsville’s COMPASS Institute Highlights By Jessie Tobin, Kristen C. Wilcox & Meg Rooney What Do We Know About Engagement? “[My] priority was [to] build relationships built on mutual respect a […]

How Educators in Rural Schools Met the Challenge of the COVID-19 Pandemic By Gregory Massara Background & Overview  In rural communities, the shift in education during the pandemic involved an “entirely different experience” in l […]

Engaging the Families of Multilingual Learners During the Pandemic By, Dr. Amy Crosson, Associate Professor, Penn State’s College of Education,  Dr. Rebecca Silverman, Associate Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Ed […]

Global Progressive Leadership for Equity: Athens, Greece Conference Take-aways By Kristen Campbell Wilcox What do progressive educational leaders need to know about addressing educational equity challenges from colleagues around the […]

Flipping the Script: Are Schools and Colleges Ready for Today’s Students? By Kristen C. Wilcox & Jessie Tobin From April 23rd -25th the NYKids team participated in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s A […]

Supporting Leaders’ Learning of the Foundations of Improvement Science: Highlights from an Upcoming Interactive Workshop By Kristen C. Wilcox On Monday April 24th at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront (and available as a pre-recorded session for those attending virtually) I am […]

By Jessie Tobin & Kristen C. Wilcox

Happy New Year from NYKids! We are thrilled to embark on a new era of accomplishing our mission to inform, inspire, and improve with our partners across the state, nation, […]

By Kristen C. Wilcox & Hal A. Lawson
Unpacking “Equity”
“Equity continues to be defined in a variety of ways and the goals and character of equity-oriented improvement efforts are impacted by how equity is defin […]