NYKids’ Study: “Adaptations and Innovations during the COVID-19 Pandemic” NYKids’ recent study of adaptations and innovations during the COVID pandemic utilized interviews and focus groups with 88 educators in 6…
order to foster academic engagement and positive social and emotional experiences for youth. In one school we studied, Whitesboro Middle School, school leaders and educators created a trusted adult program…
the number of positive COVID cases in the district and other pandemic-related updates. Gradually, those communications included other important school-related reminders and stories about student achievement. These regular communications are…
once-separate services and resources. Political agreements between mayors/city managers/county commissioners and school superintendents facilitate sharing with school systems; and vice versa. Boundary-crossing and -bridging intermediaries, oftentimes called “school-family-community coordinators”, function…
reading this blog surely can add other questions. Three Kinds of Stress Workforce research, both field-specific and interdisciplinary, provides convergent findings. Together these findings frame and define important needs, challenges,…
skills, and responsible decision-making abilities. Through the development of these core competencies, children and youth will be able to apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes to understand and manage emotions, develop…
York State (SAANYS) among others. “COMPASS” is informed by positive deviance study designs with (NYKids’ “odds-beating” studies one particular type of this work) and improvement science. The “COMP” step calls…
2008 study, as well as all other NYKids studies, we asked district and school leaders, teachers, and support staff the question: How do you define success? And followed that question…
education (instead of enter the workforce or military directly after graduation) or to leave the community to fulfill their aspirations. Instead, considering many different pathways was encouraged. Community attachment was…
of that coin. This shared mindset starts with district and building leadership. Leaders set the tone of the organization, and at both Malverne and Freeport, district and building leaders showed…