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Staying after is fun at Citizen Schools

South Coast Today, January 5, 2010

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Kids learn rocket science through special school program

WFXT Fox 25 Boston, December 27, 2009

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What Obama's call to national service needs

The Christian Science Monitor, , May 20, 2009

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President Obama to request $50 million to identify and expand effective, innovative non-profits

The Nonprofit Times, May 6, 2009

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National call to service can trace its roots to Boston

Boston Business Journal, April 3, 2009

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House votes to expand national service programs

NPR All Things Considered, March 19, 2009

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Citizen Schools Brings Students and Real Estate Professionals Together to Re-Imagine Columbia Point and Government Center

Boston SF, February 9, 2009

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Campbell program lets students work on real-world projects

San Jose Mercury News, January 10, 2009

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Go back to eighth grade

Time, September 12, 2008

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National service, not lip service

Boston Globe, September 12, 2008

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After-school program teaches values, skills [in Massachusetts]

South Coast Today, August 31, 2008

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Citizen Schools In the News

Staying after is fun at Citizen Schools

South Coast Today, January 5, 2010

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President Obama to request $50 million to identify and expand effective, innovative non-profits The Nonprofit Times, May 6, 2009

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House votes to expand national service programs

Eric Schwarz, CEO of Citizen Schools, speaks on NPR All Things Considered, March 19, 2009

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Latest Developments

An Experiment in Coordinated Investment

This report describes the factors that led the EMCF to develop its Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot, highlights key aspects of this joint approach to supporting the growth and sustainability of three highly effective youth organizations, and outlines what EMCF and its co-investors hope to learn and accomplish over the next several years.

$120 Million in Growth Capital Secured to Advance Opportunities for Low-Income Youth

EMCF President Nancy Roob discusses the progress made by EMCF through its Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot, along with the nineteen co-investors and the board of directors of Nurse-Family Partnership, Youth Villages, and Citizen Schools.