New Report Shares What We are Learning
Since 2001, City Connects has offered a way for schools to address the out-of-school factors that affect children’s learning inside school. The […]
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Building a Safe and Supportive Community at Boston’s Edison School
“We represent over 40 different countries and over the past two years, I have run the annual multicultural event, which has been […]
City Connects Goes to High School
City Connects began in 2001 as an intervention in elementary schools. The program brought the right services to the right child […]
A Video Tells Our Story
We’re excited about our new video. It’s an overview of how City Connects gets the right services to the right child at […]
Understanding Why City Connects Works
We’ve known that students who participate in City Connects during elementary school do well on middle school assessments of academic achievement. However, we […]
Learning About ESSA — and the Whole Child
Children aren’t the only ones who have a lot to learn about school. According to an analysis done by Education Week, elected […]
The 4 Cs of City Connects
City Connects builds on the developmental sciences, and it has been shaped through a two-year planning process that included educators, community agencies, […]
The View from Room 205 – Chicago Public Media Looks at Poverty in an Elementary School
Can schools make the American dream real for poor kids? That’s the question Chicago Public Media asks in its multimedia story, “The […]
City Connects: A Promising Return on Investment
For years, economists have used the term “return on investment,” or ROI, to describe business profits. Invest, for example, $100, then […]
By the Numbers: City Connects’ Impact on Immigrant Children
Professor Eric Dearing conducted research that looked at how immigrant children do in City Connects schools. Dearing is a professor in the […]