January 12, 2017CityConnects, Education, Health & Wellness The Clayton Christensen Institute Highlights Education Trends What will educational innovation look like in 2017? In a recent blog post, the Clayton Christensen Institute – “a nonprofit, nonpartisan think […]
January 5, 2017CityConnects, Education Students’ Progress Through Tiers of Risk In the fall, when City Connects site coordinators sit down with teachers to do a whole class review of each child in […]
December 15, 2016Boston College, CityConnects, Education Research at City Connects How do we know City Connects makes a difference? We can see the impact in a child’s smile. And we know […]
December 8, 2016CityConnects, Education, Health & Wellness The Power of Communities to Provide Health Care While many schools provide full or part-time nurses as well as other health services, their efforts — and budgets — often […]
December 1, 2016Boston, Boston Public Schools, CityConnects, Education The Power of Whole Class Reviews It’s a Thursday morning at the John Winthrop Elementary School in Dorchester and Jaymie Silverman is multitasking. She’s on the phone, and […]
November 17, 2016CityConnects, Education, Health & Wellness Helping Children See More of What They’re Learning We know that good healthcare helps students do better in school. But it’s tough for many children in our schools to get […]
November 10, 2016CityConnects, Education Research at City Connects: 4 Things We Know; 4 Things We’d Like to Know Research is a crucial piece of what we do. The City Connects evaluation team operates independently, analyzing data from City Connects programs […]
November 4, 2016CityConnects, Education, News, The Weekly Connect The Abell Report Looks at City Connects’ Approach to Student Success We’re excited to announce that City Connects is featured in the October edition of the Abell Report. The report is published by […]