The Weekly Connect 9/23/24
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The Weekly Connect 6/26/17
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The View from Room 205 – Chicago Public Media Looks at Poverty in an Elementary School
Can schools make the American dream real for poor kids? That’s the question Chicago Public Media asks in its multimedia story, “The […]
A New Moment
We think this is a new moment. Here at City Connects, we have the insights, the tools, the programs, and, now, […]
50th Anniversary of the “War on Poverty”
Today marks 50 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered the State of the Union address that is now known as the […]
Support All Students to Close the Achievement Gap
Over on ASCD‘s “The Whole Child” blog, City Connects Executive Director Mary Walsh has a guest blog post about how schools can […]
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 […]
The connection between students’ health & poverty
Research shows that out-of-school factors (like hunger or homelessness) contribute to two-thirds of the achievement gap, with the other third being attributable […]
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 […]
City Connects Springfield Update
City Connects’ work in Springfield Public Schools (SPS) was featured in the Spring 2012 issue [pdf] of the Springfield Educator. The conclusion […]