Improving educational opportunity for all students
In a new OpEd in CommonWealth magazine — “We need a holistic approach to improving student outcomes” — Joan Wasser Gish looks at […]
Category: CityConnects
Customizing services by building trust with families
At City Connects, we don’t just connect students to services, we connect them to a customized set of services and enrichment opportunities […]
A new research agenda: Integrated Student Support
City Connects makes connections. We connect students and their families to tailored sets of resources. We connect schools to an array of […]
Meeting life’s toughest challenges with a network of support
In the high-poverty communities we serve, many of our students experience challenges and traumas, which is why our support of their healthy […]
Getting Better
To get better at what we do, we look at data and listen to feedback. In our model, coordinators in each school […]
Strengths Matter Too, Positive Youth Development
What helps young people thrive? Taking their brain’s natural “plasticity” – the ability to change and grow – and combining this […]
From Awareness to Action in Minnesota
Laurie Acker’s experience with City Connects shows how awareness of students’ needs can lead to action. “The big ‘A ha,’ that […]
The MassMutual Foundation helps City Connects expand into more Springfield schools
City Connects is expanding in Springfield. We’re growing from the five schools we worked at in 2011 to 15 schools at the […]
City Connects prompts data-driven action in community schools in the Bronx (Kappan Magazine)
The February edition of Kappan magazine includes an article on our work: “City Connects prompts data-driven action in community schools in the […]
A City Connects Coordinator focuses on health and wellness
When Will Osier became the City Connects Coordinator at Boston’s Chittick Elementary School, he built on the school’s existing efforts and focused […]