NCL Announces Grade Level Reading Award

June 24, 2011

The National Civic League is adding its support to national efforts to address a persistent challenge in education: increasing the number of low-income children reading at grade level by the...

Dedham Youth Arrive in KC

June 15, 2011

Members of the Dedham Youth Commission have really gotten into the spirit of AAC. They did a road trip, driving 1400 miles from Massachusetts to Kansas City, stopping along the...

All-America City Projects: Dakota County, Nebraska

June 9, 2011

We are sad to say that Dakota County won’t be attending the All-America City Awards in Kansas City because of a flooding situation back home.  Our best wishes go out...

Dedham’s All-America Stories Video

June 3, 2011

This video about “green” schools in Dedham, Massachusetts is their entry in the video contest. Click here and go to our Facebook video page to vote for the video by...

South Bend, Newsweek and being an All-America City Award finalist

February 16, 2011

The Observer, a student newspaper for Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College ponders the question of how South Bend, Indiana could appear on Newsweek’s recent list of dying cities in...

Dublin, California Holds Joint City-Schools Forum

February 14, 2011

By Derek Okubo After the All-America City Award conference in June 2010 in Kansas City, Southwest Airlines (the official airline of the All-America City Award) offered finalist communities a free...

Ethnic Fest Held at Greeley, Colorado HIgh School

January 27, 2011

Greeley West High School students and staff members held their second annual EthnicFest this week. The student-led initiative featured a week of cultural learning experiences students, staff and the community...

Gastonia, North Carolina: 2010 All America City

October 15, 2010

In honor of Gaston County’s upcoming community celebration, we made this short video about Gastonia’s All-America City Award-winning projects. A city of about 74,000 in the Charlotte region, Gastonia, like...

Educators Make the Case for Community Engagement: NCL’s MetLife Foundation Ambassadors In Education Awards Learnings and Recommendations is now available!

October 8, 2010

In this new report, National Civic League shares stories of extraordinary educators recognized by MetLife Foundation Ambassadors In Education Awards Program and the universal themes their work represented.  This program...

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