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More than 1,5000 volunteers beautify area
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American Way Names Winners of Annual ‘Road Warrior’ Contest
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"Making Better Happen" Requires Data
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UWM grad finds calling as City Year mentor 
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Poverty and Student Success
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Organización en Orlando aporta a la educación de los niños
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Statement From City Year CEO & Co-Founder On Senator Harris Wofford, Recipient Of Presidential Citizens Medal
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Help for the high school dropout rate by Alan Leventhal
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It Takes a Village: City Year's Role in Dropout Prevention
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City Year Orlando Deploys 50 Corps Members to Area Schools for Year of Service
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City Year Mentors are Tutors, Friends to Orange's Neediest Students
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National Service Can Ignite School Turnaround Efforts
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City Year Joins Effort to Aid Duval Students Succeed in School and Life
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City Year a Hit in Schools
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Ending the Drop Out Crisis: The Next Moon Shot
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A New City Year Begins
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City Year Detroit's 101 volunteers ready to make a difference 
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John Deasy: Unlocking Student Potential
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City Year Program to Mentor Students
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Nearly One in 10 Students Missing 21 Days of School
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City Year, a Nonprofit that Mentors at-risk Kids, is a Draw for Many Civic-Minded Young Alums
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Einhorn: High Stakes for Education
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Einhorn Stakes $1 Million on a Poker Game for Charity
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Stephen Twigg: City Year London Should Be in Schools Across UK
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Saif Ishoof is keen on his cadre of 17 to 24-year-old volunteers who are helping to turn around the lives of high school kids
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City Year Corps Member Aaron Clark Featured in "Heroes Among Us"
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City Year Celebrates Successful Pilot at Oak Ridge High
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Stephen Twigg: City Year London Should be in Schools Across UK
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The Right Person at the Right Time
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City Year Embraces Educational Mission
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Jon Hamm, Liam Hemsworth, Dianna Agron converge at City Year LA event
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City Line: An Interview with Michael Brown
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Harvard EdCast: Giving a Year
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Comcast Cares Day
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City Year Committed to Keeping Kids in School
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New "Superhero" T-Shirt Line Supports City Year
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How 'Early Warning Systems' are Keeping Kids in School
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Boston Schools Seek to Avert Slip When Funds End
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How to Change the World: A Breakthrough Idea from the Front Lines
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City Year Program Gives Students that Extra Boost
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Lead Letter: City Year will Add Mentors to the Schools
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Commemorating AmeriCorps Week: Expanding Opportunity Through Service
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Scaling Up Solutions to the Dropout Problem: Program applies successful Johns Hopkins model to D.C. schools and beyond
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Partnering to Make a Difference: City Year and Boston's Legal Community
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Greater Involvement by Community and Staff Fills Gaps at Phila. School
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Secretary Arne Duncan Recognizes City Year’s Work In Schools
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AmeriCorps, Eager to Expand Backed by Presidential Candidates
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Organizaciones destacadas - City Year, Inc.: City Year ofrece ayuda a estudiantes de bajos recursos
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Amplifying Education: Closing the Achievement Gap
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Corps Values
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service program
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Volunteers commemorate Marting Luther King Jr. Day
The Daily Reveille

Miami Northwestern Students Applaud Beautify Project
MSNBC.com

To honor King, volunteers spruce up a school
Los Angeles Times

City Year Celebrates MLK Day of Service
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Americans mark King Day with speeches, service
McClatchy News Service

Murphy: Denver teen gives back by mentoring high-schoolers with City Year program
Denver Post

City Year makes a difference at Tobin School
Boston Globe

More high school kids graduating in Miami-Dade
The Miami Herald

Reaffirming our commitment to national service
The Hill's Congress Blog

A Narrower Focus Helps City Year Win Grants and Increase its Impact
Chronicle of Philanthropy

City Year – An Education Solution at Work in Detroit
Huffington Post

National mentoring service to aid struggling Orange schools
Orlando Sentinel 

National Mentoring Organization Comes to Sacramento Schools
Capitol Radio

City Year COO breathes social service air 24/7
Boston Business Journal

J Brand makes exclusive jeans to benefit City Year
Los Angeles Times

City Year one remedy for college grads' unemployment blues
The Miami Herald

Going Local: What a City can do for its Schools
NBC Education Nation Summit

City Year Kicks off Mission to Mentor Denver Students
Denver Post

AmeriCorps, today's Depression-era CCC
CNN Opinion

City Reduces Chronic Absenteeism in Public Schools
The New York Times

The Turnaround Starts With Attendance
The Boston Globe

City Year Getting A $20M Hand From Comcast
Philadelphia Business Journal

City Year's Mentors Show Up for Truants at Bronx Public Schools
The New York Daily News

Preserve National Service, Even in a Tight Budget
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AmeriCorps Cuts Would Endanger Education Reforms
The Huffington Post

Slashing Community Service
New York Times

The Devil's in the Details With Federal Budget Cuts: Life Without City Year Would be a Real Devil
Fast Company

Grass-Roots 'Save Service' Campaign Targets Every Member of Congress
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House Budget Cuts Would Have Big Impacts in RI
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Why Conservatives Should Love AmeriCorps, Not Kill It
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Volunteering Spirit Catches Fire
The Boston Globe

A Call to Pens, Shovels, and Hammers
Newsweek

Paying for a post-high school 'gap' year need not deplete the college savings
The Associated Press

Stopping School Dropouts
The State

Delaying College to Fill in the Gaps
The Wall Street Journal

City Year's Role in Addressing the Dropout Crisis
CBS News

Graduation Report 'Encouraging,' Bust Many Schools Risk 'Dropout Factory' Status
PBS Newshour

Study Points to Fewer 'Dropout Factory' Schools
Education Week

US Education Chief Visits With Boston City Year Members
Boston.com

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