ReadBoston & Farragut Elementary Celebrate African-American Heroes
Our last blog post described Sacha Pfeiffer’s interview on WBUR with Rick Weissbourd, the founder of ReadBoston. This literacy initiative has offered […]
City Connects’ Partner ReadBoston Featured
In a recent story on elementary school students’ reading achievement, “Making Sure Mass. 3rd Graders are Strong Readers,” WBUR interviewed the founder […]
Massachusetts’ Education Year in Review
Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville just published a full review of the 2010 “Year in Education.” You can read the entire […]
“Income Gap” Growing for Middle-class Families
A report from the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) offers an analysis of the relationship between family income and child health, education, […]
More Sleep, Less Obese?
A new study published in Pediatrics finds that kids who sleep more hours and on a regular schedule are less likely to […]
City Connects Executive Director in Education Week
On the heels of the Education Innovation Forum happening in DC later this week, City Connects Executive Director Mary Walsh was quoted […]
Study Shows Poverty Can Suppress a Child’s Potential to Excel
According to a new paper from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, growing up in poverty can stunt a child’s […]
City Connects to Attend Innovation Forum
After submitting a highly-rated but not funded Investing in Innovation, or “i3,” proposal (see our post about it here), City Connects has […]
Revised Census Numbers Show More Americans Living in Poverty
According to Census data released this past September, 1 in 6 Americans (43.6 million people) were living in poverty. However, the Census […]
Happy Holidays from City Connects
Season’s greetings from the City Connects team! 2010 has been quite a year for City Connects; we expanded into Boston turnaround elementary […]