November 17, 2011Boston Public Schools, Health & Wellness How Housing Insecurity Impacts Children The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity is running a series of commentaries in November and December exploring the relationship between housing and […]
October 27, 2011Boston Public Schools, CityConnects City Connects at the Council of the Great City Schools Meeting On Friday, City Connects executive director Mary Walsh and director of new practice Patrice DiNatale will be presenting at the Council of […]
October 20, 2011Boston Public Schools, CityConnects, News City Connects in the Dorchester Reporter Check out today’s Dorchester Reporter for a story about a “school on the move,” the Dever–McCormack. Principal Mike Sabin said of City […]
September 26, 2011Boston, Boston Public Schools, CityConnects, Massachusetts MCAS Scores and the Achievement Gap The 2011 MCAS scores were released last week (check out our roundup of the news). The Boston Globe published its own review […]
September 21, 2011Boston Public Schools, CityConnects, Education, Government, Massachusetts, News, Springfield Public Schools 2011 MCAS Results Released Today, the results of the 2011 statewide standardized tests, MCAS, were announced. You can see full results and search for scores among […]
September 20, 2011Boston Public Schools, Education, Government, Massachusetts, News Clap Innovation School in the News Dorchester’s Roger Clap Innovation School, the first Innovation School in Boston Public Schools (BPS), has been in the news lately. A new […]
August 23, 2011Boston Public Schools, CityConnects Back-to-School by the Numbers Over on the Washington Post Answer Sheet blog, Valerie Strauss has compiled a bunch of interesting data pertaining to back-to-school. A few […]
June 14, 2011Boston Public Schools, CityConnects, Health & Wellness, News City Connects School Wins Health Award The John F. Kennedy elementary school in Jamaica Plain, a City Connects school, is being honored by the Alliance for a Healthier […]
June 13, 2011Boston Public Schools, Education, Massachusetts, News More “Getting In” Series Installments The Boston Globe ran two articles over the weekend in its “Getting In” series about the Boston Public Schools’ lottery. The first, […]
May 31, 2011Boston Public Schools, CityConnects, Education, Health & Wellness, Nonprofit/Community Agencies, Video Community Partners Health & Wellness Breakfast: Video Posted Over on our YouTube channel, we’ve posted video of the speakers’ presentations from our May 11 community breakfast, where the topic was […]