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 […]
Category: CityConnects
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 […]
Community partners: Strong Women, Strong Girls
City Connects works with community partners to provide a wide array of services. Often this means helping students get necessities such as […]
Raising high school graduation rates: the lasting impact of City Connects
The good news is that high school graduation rates have risen steadily in the United States. In 2016, 84.1 percent of students […]
School Climate: a Q&A with Boston College’s Anastasia Raczek
School climate is making headlines – and peaking the interest of researchers and policymakers. So earlier this month, we caught up […]
City Connects coordinators respond to the opioid crisis
The opioid crisis has devastated the country, and here at City Connects we’re seeing the crisis play out in schools. There were […]
Salem: A city getting ahead of the learning curve
Salem is becoming a city that’s prepared to provide children with the support, help, and enrichment that they need to thrive, Emily […]