News Articles Archive - Page 23 of 26

ASIMO inspires next generation of Silicon Valley innovators [Honda]

April 17, 2017

Middle school students who are mentored by City Year San Jose AmeriCorps members recently had the opportunity to learn about…

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The long road to college from the ‘at-risk’ list in high school [SCPR]

April 5, 2017

Eleanor Kim is one of 288 AmeriCorps members working in 28 L.A. schools through City Year. In the fall, mentors…

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City Year says Trump’s proposed cuts would devastate popular school programs [Boston Globe]

March 30, 2017

During the past school year, Boston students coached by City Year increased their average daily attendance rates, and most students…

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Everyday I put on my red City Year jacket and get to work serving Chicago Public Schools [Education Post]

March 29, 2017

My work with City Year has allowed me to give back to my community in numerous capacities and to provide…

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Heroes and helping hands 2017 [KVIE]

March 24, 2017

Heroes and Helping Hands introduces the people making a difference in communities to improve people’s lives in big and small…

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OPINION: How identifying struggling students in middle school can keep struggling students from dropping out of high school

March 15, 2017

Three partner organizations complete the Diplomas Now model: City Year, an AmeriCorps organization that puts recent college grads in schools…

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Blazing the college trail: A graduate returns to her South LA home to help others find the way [LA School Report]

As the first in her family to attend college and from a disadvantaged community where few students think it is…

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The case for City Year Detroit [The Detroit News]

The model works. A third-party study found that schools that partner with City Year are two to three times more…

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Editorial: empathy builds allies, continuing ‘The Talk’ [NBC News]

March 8, 2017

Two years ago, City Year D.C. Alumna Whitney Parnell founded a nonprofit, Service Never Sleeps (SNS), with the idea that…

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Taco Bell Foundation and City Year partner to celebrate AmeriCorps member appreciation month

March 6, 2017

Taco Bell Foundation will join forces with City Year, a national education organization that helps students stay in school and…

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With data, and helping hands, a school turns around its dismal dropout trend [Miami Herald]

January 20, 2017

Martinez-Fortun and his team are part of a program called Diplomas Now, a partnership between Johns Hopkins University, City Year,…

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For most people the MLK holiday is a day off, but for me it’s a day on [Education Post]

AmeriCorps member Jarrett Jones will be spending MLK Day giving back to his community. Along with over 1,000 volunteers, Jarret…

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