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  Joel Tolman           November 6, 2016

I was a brand new teacher when I came to Common Ground in 2003. The first class I taught — together with Liz Cox, now Common Ground's School Director — was a course about New Haven’s neighborhoods. It sounds a little ludicrous: a first year teacher, new to New Haven, teaching a class about New Haven to students who had called this city home for most or all of their lives. It felt a little ludicrous, too. My students and Ms. Cox taught me a huge...

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Boston Green Academy

Brighton, MA
Chamberlain Segrest, Director of Green Programming

Boston Green Academy welcomes diverse students of all abilities, educates and empowers them to succeed in college and career, and prepares them to lead in the sustainability of our community and world.

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New Roots School

Ithaca, NY
Tina Nilsen-Hodges, Principal & Superintendent

New Roots Charter School is a small urban public high school in Ithaca, New York. Our mission to educate for sustainability and justice by fostering understanding of the human and natural history of our city and region, and creating strong, respectful working relationships between people of diverse ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

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Connecticut River Academy

East Hartford, CT
Michele Saulis, Environmental Theme Coach

Connecticut River Academy at Goodwin College is a magnet high school located along the Connecticut River in East Hartford. CTRA's sustainability theme provides hands-on learning in environmental studies and advanced manufacturing. CTRA also offers unique college and career experiences, including the opportunity to earn tuition free college credits.

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Common Ground High School

New Haven, CT
Joel Tolman, Project Director, Teaching Our Cities

Common Ground High School -- the nation's longest-running environmental charter school -- is committed to growing a new, more diverse generation of successful college students and powerful environmental leaders. Common Ground is located on 20 acres of city park land, and also operates an urban farm and community environmental center.

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Two Rivers High School

Hartford, CT
Lauren Amaturo, Science Theme Coach

Two Rivers Magnet High School is a dynamic and diverse science and technology-based urban learning community with an environmental science focus. Our mission is to inspire and prepare our students to meet the challenges of the 21st century through a robust academic program.

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The Greene School

West Greenwich, RI
Brendan Haggerty, Science, Instructional Guide

The Greene School embraces an educational discipline of 'learn-by-doing.' Known as EL Education (Expeditionary Learning), our approach is rooted in the idea that learning is active, challenging, meaningful, public, and collaborative. Our students grow academically and socially, become environmental stewards.

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