TED Talk: Radical Innovation in Education
Charles Leadbeater, a researcher from the London thank tank Demos, delivers an interesting global perspective on the need for radical innovation in […]
Month: June 2010
Quincy & Mission Hill Schools Win National Healthy School Awards
The Josiah Quincy Elementary School and the Mission Hill K-8 School have just been named recipients of bronze level National Recognition Awards […]
Public Education Network Newsblast on CCNX
City Connects was featured in today’s Public Education Network Newsblast: “In a profile of the Boston program City Connects on his Public […]
City Connects Featured on Public School Insights
City Connects’ Mary Walsh, Executive Director, and Pat DiNatale, Director of Practice, were interviewed about the CCNX model of student support over […]
Mass in Motion grants $85,000 to Boston & Brockton
The Mass in Motion campaign, sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), this week awarded $25,000 in wellness grants to […]
Youth Summit in the Allston-Brighton TAB
The Allston-Brighton Task Force on Substance Abuse Youth Summit, held on June 3 at Boston College, was recently featured on the front […]
5 Ways to Improve Literacy Among Massachusetts Students
A new report out of the Boston-based Strategies for Children called Turning the Page: Refocusing Massachusetts for School Success says that efforts […]
22% of Children Will Live in Poverty, New Study Shows
More than one in five American children will live in poverty in 2010, according to projections from a new report by the […]
Introducing City Connects
In the decade since its inception, Boston Connects (BCNX) has grown from a promising idea to a robust education intervention program currently […]
800 Boston Students Pledge to Make Positive Choices
For the seventh year running, the Allston-Brighton Substance Abuse Task Force is gathering 800 fourth through sixth graders from Boston public schools […]