Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from City Connects! We are grateful for all of our partners who work with us in Boston and Springfield to […]
Category: Education
Massachusetts Governor Hosts Education Summit
This morning, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick hosted Education Summit 2011: Closing the Achievement Gap. Joined by Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville […]
Video: “Lending a hand to refugees in America”
This video, which aired on CBS Sunday Morning, shows how out-of-school factors impact a particular population: refugee families. The story is about […]
New White Papers on “Achievable and Affordable” Education
The Campaign for Educational Equity, based at Columbia University’s Teachers College, issued five very interesting white papers about student support and the […]
2011 MCAS Results Released
Today, the results of the 2011 statewide standardized tests, MCAS, were announced. You can see full results and search for scores among […]
Clap Innovation School in the News
Dorchester’s Roger Clap Innovation School, the first Innovation School in Boston Public Schools (BPS), has been in the news lately. A new […]
Poverty and Education Reform
The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss has an important piece on her blog, The Answer Sheet, today: “Public education’s biggest problem gets worse.” […]
Both/And: Improving Education in Schools and in the Community
City Connects team member Matthew Welch penned a thoughtful guest post on BC professor Andy Hargreaves‘ blog, “Both/And: Improving Education in Schools […]
City Connects APA Poster Looks at Bullying
City Connects team member Sarah Backe, a Counseling Psychology graduate student in the Lynch School of Education, presented a poster at the […]
Grant Awarded to Study Impact of Student Support on Immigrant Children
Researcher Eric Dearing, PhD, associate professor of applied developmental psychology at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education and member of the City […]