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How City Connects works in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood.
The link between bullying and depression among preschool children.
An overview of all 50 states’ education policies.
Head Start improves in Jacksonville, Fla.
New Orleans works to cut student absenteeism.
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Jordan Lawson thought he was going to be a clinical psychologist.
But after learning more about the field, he discovered psychometrics – and the idea of using statistics for social good.
“Statistics is interesting in and of itself, but sometimes, people, myself included, can lose sight of the fact that it’s just a tool that could be used for good,” Lawson says.
Now he’s at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development where he is a doctoral student in the Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment Department and a research associate who is helping to address one of City Connects’ data analysis challenges. Continue reading
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High-quality afterschool programs can promote positive student outcomes.
States have few policies in place to fully meet the needs of students who are grappling with trauma.
Hawaii’s governor offers a roadmap for universal preschool.
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Winter arrives in Minneapolis carrying two sacks. In one is the bright hustle and bustle of the holiday season. In the other are the frigid cold temperatures that threaten vulnerable families.
At Risen Christ Elementary School, where 98 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced-price lunch, City Connects Coordinator Lindsay O’Keefe and a group of local community partners are prepared to deal with all aspects of winter. This is essential, because, as O’Keefe explains, “Minnesota is really cold. We don’t have snow days. We have cold days where they cancel school because it is so dangerous to have the kids outside waiting for the bus because the wind chills are so cold.”
To boost the fun part of winter, O’Keefe spreads the magic of the holiday season by working with a colleague from Catholic Charities to connect families to a Christmas gift program run by Sponsor a Family MN, a local nonprofit.
“Every single family in our school can sign up for three Christmas gifts for every member of the family that lives in the house. The adults and the kids get three gifts.” Often, families ask for winter coats and boots. Continue reading
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School climate can have a positive impact on early learning.
How states measure student growth under ESSA.
Massachusetts has a new charter school experiment.
Positive psychology improves students’ success.
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Geographic and political patterns of racial bullying.
How the federal government shutdown is impacting schools.
Schools train pre-K teachers in “mental health first aid.”
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For City Connects Coordinators sharing their schools’ needs with community partners makes it much easier for those partners to offer new services and programs for children.
One example is Risen Christ Catholic School in Minneapolis where there isn’t enough funding to run a summer school program. There is, however, a high demand for summer enrichment programs. These programs are important because Risen Christ is the only dual-language immersion Catholic school in Minnesota, and many of its students are learning English as a second language. As a result, many students need literacy and language support in both English and Spanish.
That’s why when summer comes, the school’s City Connects Coordinator, Lindsay O’Keefe, works with families to send students to Urban Ventures, a local nonprofit that supports kids from the cradle to college. Because the summer program is free and runs all day and all week, covering math, English, and science, as well as providing meals and field trips, it’s extremely popular. Continue reading
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The importance of STEM in early childhood education.
A new push for changing education funding priorities in Massachusetts.
As costs drop, more schools have improved Broadband connectivity.
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