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These are some of the things we’ve been reading about:
Special needs students and English language learners have more positive impressions of their schools’ mental health services.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signs a bill that will invest $1.5 billion in education.
U.S. students’ test scores lag on international exam.
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City Connects Coordinator Ashlei Alvarez does not enjoy running. When she was in school, she was the cross-country runner who hid in the bathroom.
But every Friday morning, Alvarez goes running around the Boston Common with 30 fourth- and fifth-graders, two parents, and a number of staff members from the Josiah Quincy School where Alvarez works.
Why?
“My first year here I noticed that we didn’t have a lot of extracurricular, sports-based programs,” Alvarez says. So when a teacher at her school told her about Sole Train: Boston Runs Together, a running program “that’s about deconstructing the impossible,” Alvarez and Kelly Garcelon, a kindergarten teacher who does like running, brought the program into their school.
Alvarez expected five students to sign up. Instead, 30 did. “We were shocked,” Alvarez says. Continue reading
Enjoy the holiday!
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These are some of the things we’ve been reading about:
A study finds that most educators find it hard to access research on education.
A survey shows that teachers think lawmakers are not doing enough to prevent school shootings.
A new dental clinic offers free services to students in Utah.
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In 2010, City Connects launched in Springfield, Mass., and since then we’ve seen a decade of strong growth in the city.
We recently shared this progress at a meeting of the Springfield Public Schools’ School Committee.
“City Connects and Springfield have a strong partnership,” Anastasia Raczek says. She is the Associate Director of Research & Evaluation at the Center for Optimized Student Support, where City Connects is based. The center is part of Boston College’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development.
“City Connects’ growth in Springfield from implementation at a small scale into a districtwide solution offers a model for other districts considering how to address the non-academic and out-of-school needs of their students.” Continue reading
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These are some of the things we’ve been reading about:
Summer school programs might boost the high school graduation rates of English language learners.
Newark schools receive $6.5 million for mental health supports.
To build their perseverance, empathy, and confidence, Detroit school children will learn to ride and care for horses.
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Earlier this week, City Connects attended “Leadership for Learning,” the Ohio School Board Association’s annual conference.
The event is “Ohio’s premier continuing education program — delivering practical solutions to help school district governance teams improve student learning and achievement.”
We attended the conference’s trade show and shared the work we’ve been doing in Ohio, where City Connects has been implemented at the K-8, the high school, and the college levels.
As we’ve blogged, City Connects was recently written into Ohio’s state budget as one model that schools can use to provide students with integrated student support – the opportunities and services they need outside of school so that they can thrive in school.
“We’re proud and excited to share our work with Ohio educators,” Mary Walsh, City Connects’ Executive Director says. “And we hope that as more teachers and administrators learn about what we do, they will look to enlist us as trusted partners. We know that poverty can make it difficult for children to do well in school. But we also know how to address these challenges so that students and teachers can focus on the kind of learning that leads to long-term academic success.”
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These are some of the things we’ve been reading about:
Student engagement and hope linked to better academic outcomes.
California sheds the “at-risk” student label and speaks instead about “at-promise” students.
A public library program helps informal caregivers engage young children.
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