City Connects Awarded $400,000 Grant to Develop Student Support Sustainability Plan
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has awarded City Connects a $400,000, two-year award to develop strategies that build […]
Two City Connects Schools Commended for Promoting Student Health
“Healthy Connections” awards were presented to two City Connects schools, the John F. Kennedy and the Josiah Quincy elementary schools, at the […]
Report Shows 2.7 Million US Children Raised by Relatives and Family Friends
A new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows an increase in children living with relatives or family friends, so-called “kinship […]
City Connects Springfield Update
City Connects’ work in Springfield Public Schools (SPS) was featured in the Spring 2012 issue [pdf] of the Springfield Educator. The conclusion […]
Orchard Gardens School Tapped by White House for Arts Program
Orchard Gardens K-8 School, a City Connects School in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, was tapped yesterday to participate in the Turnaround Arts Initiative, […]
City Connects at the National Catholic Educational Association Meeting
Today and tomorrow, City Connects will have be represented at the annual meeting of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) in Boston. […]
City Connects in the Boston Globe
Today’s Boston Globe featured a story about the fate of Boston’s persistinly low-achieving “turnaround” schools once the 3-year stint of federal School […]
New US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Released
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights today released data about education equality in America’s schools that show disparities in […]
City Connects in the Boston Globe
Over the weekend, the Boston Globe ran a story about the challenges facing school districts in Massachusetts’ “Gateway Cities,” 24 former industrial […]
Celebrating National School Counseling Week
This week is National School Counseling Week, which we are celebrating at City Connects because we have many school counselors among the […]