City Connects Joins Opportunity Nation Coalition
City Connects is proud to announce that we’ve signed on to join the OpportunityNation coalition! OpportunityNation is a national coalition of business […]
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Massachusetts’ Education Year in Review
Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville just published a full review of the 2010 “Year in Education.” You can read the entire […]
“Income Gap” Growing for Middle-class Families
A report from the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) offers an analysis of the relationship between family income and child health, education, […]
City Connects Executive Director in Education Week
On the heels of the Education Innovation Forum happening in DC later this week, City Connects Executive Director Mary Walsh was quoted […]
Study Shows Poverty Can Suppress a Child’s Potential to Excel
According to a new paper from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, growing up in poverty can stunt a child’s […]
City Connects to Attend Innovation Forum
After submitting a highly-rated but not funded Investing in Innovation, or “i3,” proposal (see our post about it here), City Connects has […]
Revised Census Numbers Show More Americans Living in Poverty
According to Census data released this past September, 1 in 6 Americans (43.6 million people) were living in poverty. However, the Census […]
Survey Shows Adults Blame Parents for Public School Problems
According to a poll conducted by the Associated Press and Stanford University, adults think that parents and state education officials deserve the […]
Boston Globe Editorializes about City Connects
On Saturday, the Boston Globe ran an editorial in support of City Connects: Students can achieve more when they come to school […]
Report Shows Relationship Between Child Neglect, Poverty, and Struggling Caregivers
An issue brief published by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire, “Hard Times Made Harder: Struggling Caregivers and Child […]