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City Year In the News

2013 News

February 13, 2013
City Year Corps Members Talk SmartTALK
Harvard in the Community

February 5, 2013
Boston Schools Implementing New Single-Stream Recycling Program
Fenway-KenmorePatch.com

February 4, 2013
AmeriCorps Proves its Worth in Urban Classrooms
The Boston Globe

January 21, 2013
Young Volunteers Spend MLK Day Serving Others in Roslindale
CBS Boston

January 6, 2013
Help for the High School Dropout Rate
The Boston Globe  

2012 News

November 3, 2012
Harvard Pilgrim Employees Transform Chandler Elementary School Gym
Go Local Worcester

October 9, 2012 
Dispatch Band Members, Volunteers Transform Boston Arts Academy 
Boston.com

September 11, 2012
New Managing Director to Secure Private Investments For Partnership with Boston Public Schools
PRESS RELEASE

September 8, 2012
265 corps members deploy to serve more than 11,000 students in Boston public schools
PRESS RELEASE

June 11, 2012
Volunteers Help Prepare Hyde Park Education Complex for Re-use in Fall
Boston.com

June 11, 2012
National Grid Boosts Support for City Year With a Multi-year International Commitment
Sacramento Bee

June 5, 2012
RADIO: Boston Turnaround School Makes Significant Progress
WBUR

May 2, 2012
Cartera Holds Third Annual Community Day of Service
Wall Street Journal

April 22nd, 2012
PHOTOS: Celebrating Earth Day at Weston High
Weston Town Crier

April 12th, 2012
Back Bay resident running fourth marathon, supporting City Year
Back Bay Patch

April 2nd, 2012
After gains, Hub schools seek to avert slip when funds run out
Boston Globe

March 9th, 2012
Partnering to make a difference: City Year and Boston's Legal Community
Boston.com: Names and People

March 2nd, 2012
Blackstone Elementary celebrates opening of new library
Boston.com: Your Town

January 15th, 2012
Absenteeism rife at Boston high schools
Boston.com: Boston Globe

 

2011 News

December 28th, 2011
City Year Makes a Difference at Tobin School
Boston.com: Your Town

December 6th, 2011
VIDEO: Mass. high school's weight room gets makeover
NECN: Brendan Monahan

November 23, 2011
Power Line-Up Attends City Year Boston Women's Leadership Breakfast
Boston.com: Names and Places

November 1, 2011
City Year Boston Corps Members March in Roxbury Peace Walk
Neighborhood Network News

November 1, 2011
Reagan Samuel named LSU's first "give a year" scholar
Louisiana State University webpage

October 26, 2011
A Boston School Turnaround
Harvard Gazette: Campus & Community

October 15, 2011
City Year Boston Deploys 177 Corps Members to Area Schools for Year of Service
PRESS RELEASE

May 19, 2011
City Year and Dana Hall School Service Project
Dorchester Reporter

May 13, 2011
The Turnaround Starts With Attendance
The Boston Globe

March 30, 2011
Through A New Lens
The South End News

March 29, 2011
National Service Budget Cuts Could Devastate Nonprofits, Communities
U.S. News

March 29, 2011
Preserve National Service, Even On A Tight Budget
The Boston Globe

March 17, 2011
AmeriCorps Cuts Would Endanger Education Reforms
The Huffington Post

March 1, 2011
Don't Cut AmeriCorps - City Year Funding
The New York Times

February 26, 2011
Exceptional Students and Non-Profits
American Banking and Market News

February 23, 2011
A Path To Success At the Blackstone
The South End News

February 1, 2011
Coming Back To Serve
The South End News

February 1, 2011
Volunteering Spirit Catches Fire
The Boston Globe

January 26, 2011
Paying For a Post-High-School Gap Year Need Not Deplete Savings
Associated Press

 

2010 News

December 1, 2010
A Civic Marshall Plan For A Grad Nation: A Role For Volunteers?
The Huffington Post

November 30, 2010
City Year's Role in Addressing the Dropout Crisis
CBS News

November 30, 2010
Graduation Report 'Encouraging' But Many Schools Risk Dropout Factory Status
PBS News Hour

November 30, 2010
Study Points to Fewer Dropout Factory Schools
Education Week

November 29, 2010
Thousands Called Dropout Risks
The Boston Globe

November 17, 2010
Who Needs Superman?
The Huffington Post

October 15, 2010
U.S. Education Chief Visits With Boston City Year Members
The Boston Globe

March 23, 2010
City Year and Aramark Launch National Campus Recruitment
City Year, Inc.

March 10, 2010
PeaceCorps & City Year Launch New Partnership 
City Year, Inc.

March 5, 2010
City Year Members Have Fun on Vacation with West Roxbury and Roslindale Students
Wicked Local

March 5, 2010
City Year Volunteers Get Career Advice
NECN

February 4, 2010
National Grid Backs City Year Program
Boston Business Journal