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 perspectives in two odds-beating schools. …
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 (see chart below). …
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 are gleaned from such sources as the What Works Clearinghouse. …
By Lisa Yu By July 2020, NYKids researchers will have completed all data collection for the College and Career Readiness student study that began in the fall of 2019. Based on others’ research as well as the first phase of …
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, everywhere in the U.S. Our education systems are the …