City Connects Highlighted as Effective Approach to Reducing Chronic Absenteeism
Chronic absenteeism—when a student misses 10% or more of the school year—has remained high since the start of the pandemic, with nearly […]
Author: Catherine Rauseo
City Connects Finds Success in First Rural Setting
City Connects has a long history of supporting students and families, with decades of evidence pointing to wide-ranging and long-term positive impacts. […]
Making Summer Connections
City Connects Coordinators from Dedham, Massachusetts to Dayton, Ohio have spent months preparing for summer, carefully coordinating the crucial services their students […]
Supporting the Coordinators: Professional Learning and a Community of Practice Ensure Coordinators Don’t Feel Alone
City Connects Coordinators have a big job. They bring educators, school leaders, support staff, students, families, and community organizations together around a […]
New Research Finds That City Connects Increases Enrollment in Public Schools
Enrollment in traditional public schools has been declining for almost a decade, spurred on by declining birth rates and an increase in […]
City Connects Helps Close Achievement Gaps, Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Indiana
City Connects is improving outcomes for students from the heart of Boston to the nation’s heartland. While decades of evidence point to […]
Finding a Village: City Connects Coordinators Support Students with Disabilities and their Families
At the Shore Educational Collaborative in Chelsea, Massachusetts, every student has a team of supporters. About 200 students from more than a […]
Reimagining Student Support in Revere
When students returned to the classroom after the COVID-19 school closures, many brought with them the effects of trauma, the experience of […]
Back-To-School Connections
City Connects Coordinators Focus on Building Trust and Relationships as School Gets Underway “Trust occurs over small moments,” City Connects Program Manager […]