Support All Students to Close the Achievement Gap
Over on ASCD‘s “The Whole Child” blog, City Connects Executive Director Mary Walsh has a guest blog post about how schools can […]
One in five schools considered high-poverty
The latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ “The Condition of Education 2013” report, released in May, shows that one […]
The connection between students’ health & poverty
Research shows that out-of-school factors (like hunger or homelessness) contribute to two-thirds of the achievement gap, with the other third being attributable […]
Excellence in School Wellness Awards to 4 City Connects Boston Schools
Last month, Boston Public Schools (BPS) bestowed Excellence in School Wellness Awards to 13 schools, four of which were City Connects schools. […]
Happy Holidays from City Connects!
Happy holidays from the City Connects team! As you can see from our Year in Review posts for Boston, Ohio, and Springfield […]
City Connects Year in Review: Springfield, MA
2012 marked the second year of City Connects implementation in Springfield (MA) Public Schools. The engagement began in five of Springfield’s turnaround […]
City Connects Year in Review: Ohio
With the support of the Mathile Family Foundation, City Connects has been working with two Catholic schools in Dayton, Ohio: Our Lady […]
City Connects Year in Review: Boston
This week on the blog we’ll be looking at the year in review across our 45 sites in three geographic areas: Boston […]
The impact of poverty and out-of-school factors in the news
Central to City Connects’ work is the belief that addressing the “out-of-school” factors impacting students helps them come to school ready to […]
City Connects featured in Education Week blog
We are delighted that our work was written about on Education Week‘s “Public Engagement & Education Reform” blog today! You can read […]