New York Times: The Urban Environment
By: Abby Schultz HER giggling friends suddenly quiet down when Jamilka Carrasquillo, her large silver hoop earrings swinging, describes the day her
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New Haven Independent: Charter School Improves on Tests
By: Melissa Bailey City schools reported unprecedented gains in 10th grade test scores, calling this a “breakthrough year.” The announcement came Tuesday,
New Haven Register: Eco-Friendly Meals Join School Lunches
By: Alexander Sanders NEW HAVEN — One of the last things Common Ground School wants is to keep serving lunch on paper
New Haven Independent: Pledge Rewritten
By Staff I pledge allegiance to the factories / Of The polluted States of America… And to to the gases/ That heat
New Haven Independent: Students Un-Trash Their Park
By:VJ Vitkowsky How did the bed of a truck wind up in the woods along Springside Avenue in West Rock? Someone probably
New Haven Independent: A “Very Cool” Encounter
By: Allan Appel: Jasmine Nicholas (on the right in the photo) confronted the mayor and the superintendent on suspensions policy — not
What Kids Can Do: NH Neighborhood Through Student’s Eyes
For the past five years, students in the Four Corners course at Common Ground Charter High School have been mapping the histories
New Haven Independent: A Polluted River Runs Through It
By: Melinda Tuhus This student from Common Ground High School is a budding environmentalist. She saw a lot of common ground in
New Haven Independent: LGBT “Safe Spaces” in New Haven
By Sally Tamarkin One. That was the number a group of adults from Greater New Haven came up with when they gathered
New Haven Independent: Earth Day, Earth Worms
By: Melinda Tuhus These kids from New Haven public schools are learning that there’s a connection between the dirt (soil), the wheat