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City Connects’ model of integrated student support stands out because of evidence that shows it helps reduce dropout rates.
Maine is a step closer to expanding its pre-K programs statewide.
San Francisco’s plan to reduce segregation backfires.
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Many low-income and minority students live in communities with limited access to extracurricular activities.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that establishes a Children’s Behavioral Health System State Board to oversee and implement the creation of a statewide system.
The United States could face a child care affordability crisis.
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Early educators do not have to choose between strong relationships and academic rigor. They can have both in their classrooms.
Tennessee’s Legislature is hammering out a school voucher plan.
New York University trains all teachers to use special education and dual language learner strategies.
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A new policy brief shares how City Connects provides integrated student support — and how this work can guide policymaking.
Pre-K spending grows but quality lags, according to the State of Preschool Yearbook released by NIEER, the National Institute for Early Education Research.
Two New York City school districts have launched middle school integration plans that may be making a positive difference.
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New principals can boost student achievement.
Therapy dogs go to school.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh pledges to invest $15 million in pre-K programs.
School teachers talk about how they are meeting the needs of migrant children.
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We’re proud to share one of our videos on how City Connects works. Principals, community partners, and City Connects staff all help tell the story of meeting students nonacademic needs to help them thrive in school.
“We’ve been able to transition from a school in crisis to a stable school focusing on literacy thanks to the support from City Connects.”
– Mike Sabin, Former Principal, the John W. McCormack Middle School in Boston
“Just in the last two months, we provided a new pair of shoes to each of our children and a new winter coat. For impoverished families, it’s a big deal.”
– Robert Kordenbrock, Red Oak After School Program, Boston-Chinatown Neighborhood Center Continue reading “Watch this”
We’re excited to share a new article in CommonWealth magazine that tells the story of how Springfield is using City Connects to help its school children thrive.
The article — “‘Wraparound’ services helping kids succeed: Expansion of City Connects program to Springfield” – was co-authored by Daniel J. Warwick, Superintendent of the Springfield Public Schools, and Mary Walsh, the Executive Director of City Connects.
“When Children walk into their schools,” the article begins, “they make everyone feel what they feel. Teachers, principals, even superintendents can all feel the burdens students carry, especially those who struggle with poverty and despair. Some children talk about their challenges. Others don’t. Either way, educators and administrators feel the weight of the hunger, homelessness, mental health challenges, incarceration of parents, and other hardships that many children bear. We have to feel it, because being connected to children is the only way that we can successfully do our jobs. Continue reading “City Connects in Springfield: results and the importance of integrated student supports”
City Connects is constantly learning. We learn from the experiences of our City Connects coordinators and the national array of schools and communities in which we work. And because City Connects is based in Boston College’s Lynch School of Education, we are also learning from different scientific fields about how we can make City Connects better. Once we have this knowledge, we go out and share it.
This cycle of learning was on display last week when Agnes Chung and Romita Mitra – both graduate students at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education – went to a Harvard Graduate School of Education conference to share two research posters about City Connects. The theme of the conference was “Spanning the Divide: Building Bridges through Research.” Continue reading “How City Connects Keeps Learning”
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