Making summer plans in Minnesota
Last month in Minneapolis, it was about 43 degrees, but the City Connects Coordinators there were still planning for summer. In a […]
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S3 Academy: empowering schools to set up their own systems of integrated student support
As students return to in-person learning inside their schools, many are bringing the traumas of the pandemic with them. Schools can help […]
Seeking out the greatest needs
Even though the pandemic has engulfed the nation, creating unprecedented challenges, City Connects is working with its funders and community partners to […]
The Power of Relationships: A Coordinator shares her story in the Boston Herald
“While 2020 is over, I’m still yearning for normalcy … for the sound of small voices and screechy sneakers in the hallway […]
Creative community solutions keep students engaged in school
When City Connects Coordinators in Minnesota saw that students engaged in virtual learning were missing from school, the coordinators dug in to […]
Managing the pandemic in preschool
“Preschool shouldn’t be like this,” Erika Griffin says of the Early Learning Center in Salem, Mass., where children have their own desks […]
Courtney Pollack: a researcher’s journey to City Connects
Courtney Pollack, a former middle school teacher, stands in two worlds. As a Research Affiliate in the Gabrieli Lab at MIT, she […]
A City Connects connection to college
Jama Badinghaus, a City Connects Coordinator at Chaminade Julienne High School in Dayton, Ohio, has been helping students apply to college for […]
A new policy brief: to help address the pandemic, federal leaders can promote integrated student support
As the country manages the health and economic burdens created by the pandemic, federal officials have an opportunity to help children and […]
One school, two City Connects coordinators
What’s better than one City Connects Coordinator? Two coordinators working together as a team. That’s what Brad Maloon and Mia Riccio do […]