Rooting Urban Public Schools In Their Urban Environments

Dive into a collection of practices that help our cities' young people grow into powerful leaders & successful students.
Hear voices and stories from our partner schools, project staff, and advisors.
Visit urban public schools that are embracing the urban environments that they and their students call home.
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New: Experience Our Projects
Starting in 2022, learn about authentic projects and performance tasks, helping students meet high academic expectations through real work connected to their urban environments -- documented through a new, joint effort of Common Ground's Schoolyards Program, K-12 schools across New England, and Teaching Our Cities.