City Connects & Special Education
Education Week published an article earlier this week about San Diego public schools and their high Special Education referral rate for English […]
Tag: student support
City Connects 2012 Progress Report Published
We are pleased to announce the publication of the City Connects Progress Report 2012, detailing results from the 2010-11 academic year. Again […]
Back to School 2012
Thursday is the first day of school for Boston Public School students–about 56,000 of whom will be returning to one of Boston’s […]
City Connects Awarded $400,000 Grant to Develop Student Support Sustainability Plan
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has awarded City Connects a $400,000, two-year award to develop strategies that build […]
City Connects at the National Catholic Educational Association Meeting
Today and tomorrow, City Connects will have be represented at the annual meeting of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) in Boston. […]
City Connects in the Boston Globe
Over the weekend, the Boston Globe ran a story about the challenges facing school districts in Massachusetts’ “Gateway Cities,” 24 former industrial […]
City Connects Community Partner Meeting and “Shared Accountability”
Thanks to all of our community partners who joined us today for our annual gathering! We had a rich discussion about using […]
Massachusetts Governor Hosts Education Summit
This morning, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick hosted Education Summit 2011: Closing the Achievement Gap. Joined by Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville […]
New White Papers on “Achievable and Affordable” Education
The Campaign for Educational Equity, based at Columbia University’s Teachers College, issued five very interesting white papers about student support and the […]
MCAS Scores and the Achievement Gap
The 2011 MCAS scores were released last week (check out our roundup of the news). The Boston Globe published its own review […]