http://supportunitedway.org/category/free-tag/education The taxonomy view with a depth of 3. xx http://supportunitedway.org/youth/csas <p>United Way’s Connecting Schools and Afterschools Initiative aims to improve outcomes for children and youth by fostering relationships among schools and afterschool programs. </p> <p>The initiative is grounded in findings from the 2005 Massachusetts After-School Research Study (MARS), which found that afterschool programs with stronger connections to schools had more engaging, challenging activities, higher staff engagement, and higher quality homework assistance. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://supportunitedway.org/youth/csas">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> Increasing Opportunities for Youth education Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:39:25 -0400 Meghan Keaney Anderson 661 at http://supportunitedway.org http://supportunitedway.org/superman/teachers-rock <h3>Thank you to everyone who recognized the hard work of Massachusetts teachers by nominating one of your favorites for our Teachers Rock! contest. <p> Nominations are now closed. </h3> <p> Winning teachers will receive <strong>$500 worth of school supplies </strong> for their classrooms, generously donated by <a href="http://www.hmhco.com/"> Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.</a> United Way and Stand with Children will announce 10 winning teachers in early January. If you would like to receive an email notification of the winners, please submit your email address below. http://supportunitedway.org/superman/teachers-rock#comments education teachers rock Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:57:20 -0400 Meghan Keaney Anderson 2615 at http://supportunitedway.org