NYKids is delighted to highlight this guest blog from University at Albany colleagues. As this research is not our own, please direct any comments or questions to the first author. By, Kristie Asaro-Saddler, Ph.D, Christine Smith, Ph.D., Heather Kurto, Ph.D., …
Twentieth Year of NYKids Informing, Inspiring, and Improving New year, new logo, new study! NYKids is excited to announce that 2024 is our 20th year of fulfilling our mission “to inform, inspire, and improve.” We extend appreciation to the state …
By Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox While NYKids Director Kristen C. Wilcox attended the UCEA convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, co-facilitating critical conversations on collaborative research, Aaron Leo, Assistant Director of Research for NYKids, was in Toronto, Canada for the …
By, Kristen C. Wilcox, Associate Professor, University at Albany & Director, NYKids & Aaron Leo, Assistant Director, NYKids What do we know about educator well-being during the pandemic and what can School Board members do to ensure that schools are …
by Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox The NYKids team is getting ready to head to Chicago for the American Educational Research Association’s annual conference. We’re excited to present findings from our latest study exploring the effects of the pandemic …
by Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox “Emotions are at the heart of teaching” – Hargreaves (2001, p. 835) Teaching goes far beyond simply “delivering” content to learners but is intimately linked with emotions. As education scholar Hargreaves’ quote suggests, …
by Aaron Leo & Kristen C. Wilcox Recent NYKids blogs have explored findings from our latest report, “Opportunities and Challenges to Adapt and Innovate: How Educators Confronted the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The research drew on interviews and focus groups with 88 …
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, and world (and …
By, Aaron Leo, Jessie Tobin, Maria Khan, and Kristen C. Wilcox NYKids recently finished the first phase of our study entitled “Discovering Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Education Workforce” in which we surveyed over 900 educators across New …
by Kristen C. Wilcox Happy New Year! 2021 was a busy year for NYKids and we hope that 2022 will bring the spread of new innovations to tackle the many challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has posed to all children, families, …