“Fueled by a $75,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, New Haven’s Common Ground High School has launched Teaching Our

Present: Mike Doolittle, Monique Frasier, John Jessen, Beth Klingher, Kerry Lord, Claudia Merson, Frank Mitchell, Bob Parker, Melissa Spear. Staff:

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By Keith Lamber
English Teacher
This year has been, to say the very least, a roller coaster. There’s been some good news: child mortality

Present: Wendy Battles, Mike Doolittle, Beth Klingher, Kerry Lord, Frank Mitchell, Bob Parker, Melissa Spear. Staff: Kimball Cartwright, Liz Cox,

What's an unselfie? Glad you asked! The UNselfie is the antithesis of social media navel gazing, encouraging people to take their

By Joel Tolman
Director of Impact & Engagement




Janet Sakouvogui, CG class of 2015, arrived at college excited -- about the small campus

By Melissa Spear
Executive Director


Last night I lay awake again in the darkness with a pit of anxiety churning in my

By Suzannah Holsenbeck
Schoolyards Manager
Headline news to all bees, butterflies and migratory birds: four new schoolyard habitats will be built and