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 […]
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City Connects Named Priority Partner for Turnaround Schools through Massachusetts’ Race to the Top Grant
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has named City Connects a “Priority Partner” for turnaround schools in the area […]
City Connects Poster at APA Meeting
City Connects team member Michael Capawana, a Counseling Psychology graduate student in the Lynch School of Education, is presenting a poster at […]
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 […]
Reading at Home Increases School Readiness
Reading books with parents is an example of “home learning,” which a new paper shows can improve low-income children’s readiness for school. […]
Social Factors and Mortality Rates
A paper published in the American Journal of Public Health shows that the number of deaths attributable to social factors in the […]
More “Getting In” Series Installments
The Boston Globe ran two articles over the weekend in its “Getting In” series about the Boston Public Schools’ lottery. The first, […]
The Freedom to Learn: Sam Chaltain TED Talk
Another TED talk worth watching: Sam Chaltain is a DC-based writer, educator, and organizational change consultant. He works with schools, school districts, […]
Community Partners Health & Wellness Breakfast: Video Posted
Over on our YouTube channel, we’ve posted video of the speakers’ presentations from our May 11 community breakfast, where the topic was […]
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 […]