Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
The Community School model positions schools as resource hubs for neighborhoods.
Read the storyIn commemoration of Black History Month 2019, City Year Philadelphia has recognized and paid homage to African-American pioneers in education….
Read the storyToday, Ruby is 64 years old and she still calls New Orleans home. There, she runs the Ruby Bridges Foundation…
Read the storyThis year, City Year Milwaukee was chosen to be a part of the Network for School Improvement pilot program.
Read the storyThe District Learning Network gathers several times throughout the year, both in-person and virtually, discussing shared challenges and surfacing strategies,…
Read the storyThis school year, the City Year Philadelphia AmeriCorps team serving at Alexander K. McClure Elementary School saw a unique opportunity to address two…
Read the storyWhen I remember my childhood, I see the reading nook in my first-grade classroom, my mom helping me to pick a book in…
Read the storyWe’re excited that City Year will be presenting in Chicago this week at CASEL’s first Social and Emotional Learning conference,…
Read the storyEarly experience working in schools taught Heather Graham and Bethiel Girma Holton an important lesson that guides their work today…
Read the storyLongtime supporters of City Year and AmeriCorps gathered on Capitol Hill this spring in support of national service programs that…
Read the storyNikolai Vitti has an ambitious vision for student success in Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Read the storyWe are encouraged by the results from the recent 2019 Building a Grad Nation report that shows the U.S. national…
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