City Connects in Ireland: an update
In the middle of the pandemic and amidst school closures, City Connects launched a pilot program in Dublin in the fall of […]
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Mobilizing generosity: connecting kids to clothes in Salem
In 2016, the Clothing Connection started giving clothes to children in one of Salem’s public schools. The small nonprofit focused on the kids […]
Responding to a crisis with integrated student support – a research article
In the middle of the pandemic, schools with systems of integrated student support (ISS) had an advantage. They were able to pivot […]
Happy Thanksgiving: City Connects in Southbridge, Mass.
One of the things we’re grateful for this Thanksgiving are schools that have just started implementing City Connects this school year. This […]
Schools are on the front lines of the nation’s mental health crisis: integrated student support is a key strategy
A new opinion piece for the education website K-12 Dive discusses how schools are doing more to address students’ comprehensive needs in […]
The Weekly Connect 11/15/21
Here’s the new edition of The Weekly Connect. Check it out and sign up to have it delivered to your inbox! Here are […]
Practice and research: a conversation with Maria Theodorakakis
Even as an undergraduate at Boston College, Maria Theodorakakis was looking for a way to combine her academic interests with hands-on work. […]
A City Connects community partner responds to Covid
Community partners are essential to the City Connects model of getting the right services to the right students at the right time […]
National mental health emergency for children and adolescents
The pandemic has put such tremendous pressure on students and schools that national health associations have declared a National Emergency in Child […]
Observations from the pandemic: a policy brief
The pandemic’s global toll has been devastating, especially for students and schools. But as City Connects has moved through the last 18 […]