Report Details Decrease in “Dropout Factory” High Schools
The America’s Promise Alliance is a cross-sector partnership of corporations, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and advocacy groups founded by General Colin Powell working […]
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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 […]
Speaker Slides from the Optimized Student Support Conference
As promised, we are sharing the slides that our speakers presented on Nov. 5 at the Optimized Student Support: Best Practices for […]
New Study Shows Achievement Gap Persists
A study released yesterday from the Council of the Great City Schools, an organization representing 66 of the nation’s large urban public […]
Massachusetts Among Top States Distributing Education Funding Fairly, Study Says
To determine if school funding reaches the students who need it the most, a new study from the Education Law Center, “Is […]
Registration Now Open for City Connects Conference on Optimized Student Support
Registration is now open for City Connects’ first-ever conference, Optimized Student Support: Best Practices for Schools & Community Agencies, held at Boston […]
City Connects Executive Director Featured on EdReformer
Dr. Mary Walsh, City Connects’ executive director and the Kearns Professor of Urban Education & Innovative Leadership at the Lynch School of […]
Eliot School on the Today Show
The pre-k program at Boston’s Eliot K-8 School, a City Connects school, was featured on the Today Show this morning during their […]
Meta-analysis Shows Giving Children Books Improves Reading
In a meta-analysis of 11,000 reports and 108 studies, a new report commissioned by Reading is Fundamental concludes that children’s book lending […]
Boston Public Schools “Acceleration Agenda Dashboard” Unveiled
In a move to make more data available about the progress of Boston Public Schools, the district has unveiled an”Acceleration Agenda Dashboard.” […]