One in five schools considered high-poverty
The latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ “The Condition of Education 2013” report, released in May, shows that one […]
Tag: Education Reform
The impact of poverty and out-of-school factors in the news
Central to City Connects’ work is the belief that addressing the “out-of-school” factors impacting students helps them come to school ready to […]
Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence
There is a growing body of research about the detrimental impact of poverty and non-academic factors on student achievement. A new paper […]
City Connects at the Council of the Great City Schools Meeting
On Friday, City Connects executive director Mary Walsh and director of new practice Patrice DiNatale will be presenting at the Council of […]
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 in Education Week’s ‘Futures of School Reform’ blog
As we wrote about earlier this week, Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville has been writing this week about the importance of […]
Out-of-School Factors In the News
Central to our philosophy at City Connects is that the out-of-school factors affecting students have a great impact on their ability to […]
New Report Shows High-poverty Schools Have Fewer In-field Teachers
The Education Trust, a nonprofit group working to close the achievement gap, published a study yesterday that reports that 9 years after […]
The Best & Worst Cities for School Reform in the US
A new study by Rick Hess, director of education studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and colleagues identifies nine cities in the […]