NYKids is delighted to highlight this guest blog. As this research is not our own, please direct any comments or questions to the author. By, Michael Burns, Children’s Book Author and Early Learning Principal, Questar III BOCES If you have …
By K.C. Wilcox Reports continue to roll in regarding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people’s mental health. In a 2021 report, an estimated 37.1% of students experienced poor mental health in the pandemic, 44.2% of students reported …
By, Jessie Tobin & Kristen C. Wilcox Across the country, students are being released for the summer in just days. For educators, that final ring of the bell may elicit a range of emotions. From NYKids’ current research on educators’ …
By Jessie Tobin & Kristen C. Wilcox As leaders and educators enter a third pandemic-disrupted school year, making schools places where young people have all of their variable needs met is a challenge heightened by the need for clear communications …
By Jessie Tobin, Aaron Leo, & Kristen C. Wilcox Making Social-Emotional Health a Priority As we covered in a previous blog, the pandemic has caused detrimental effects on some children’s academic learning, but also has affected the social-emotional development of …