Publications

Peer-Reviewed

, Jordan Lawson, Laura O’Dwyer, and Mary E. Walsh, (in preparation).

Jiang, Haibin, Noman Khanani, Yan R. Leigh, and Mary E. Walsh. (2023). . (EdWorkingPaper: 23-784). 

, Pollack, C., Theodorakakis, M., & Walsh, M. E. (2021), AERA Open, 7(1), 1-18.

,Walsh, M. E., Adams, S. M., Ferguson, S., Hearst, M. O., Jones, J.-V., Wall, S., Petsagourakis, D., Chung, A., Shannon, U., & Theodorakakis, M. Journal of Education, 201(1), 42–53.

Amy Heberle, Úna Ní Sheanáin, Mary Walsh, et. al., Improving Schools.

Bowden, A. B., Shand, R., Levin, H. M., Muroga, A., & Wang, A. (2020), Prevention Science, 21(8),

Brooks Bowden, Atsuko Muroga, Anyi Wang, et. al., Teacher’s College, Columbia University.

An, C. Braun, H., & Walsh, M. E. (2018). Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 37(2), 45-53.

Terrence J. Lee-St., Mary E. Walsh, Anastasia E. Raczek, et. al., AERA Open.

Walsh, M. & Theodorakakis, M. Religions, 8(4), 67-79.

The Impact of Comprehensive Student Support on Teachers Knowledge of the Whole Child, Classroom Practice, and Teacher Support, Erin Sibley, Maria Theodorakakis, Mary E. Walsh, Claire Foley, Jessica Petrie, and Anastasia Raczek, Teaching and Teacher Education.

Bowden, A. B., Shand, R., Belfield, C. R., Wang, A., & Levin, H. M. (2017). American Journal of Evaluation, 38(3), 405–419.

Eric Dearing, et. al., Child Development.

, Mary Walsh, et. al., American Educational Research Journal.

Comprehensive Student Support: A benefit-cost analysis of City Connects, Brooks Bowde, Clive Belfield, Henry Levin, et. a;., Center for Benefit Cost Studies of Education, Columbia University.



City Connects Progress Reports

City Connects (2022). The Impact of City Connects-Progress Report 2022, City Connects, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

City Connects (2020). City Connects: Progress Report 2020, City Connects, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

City Connects (2018). City Connects: Intervention and Impact.  Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

City Connects (2016). The Impact of City Connects: Student Outcomes. Progress Report 2016. Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

City Connects (2014). The Impact of City Connects: Progress Report 2014. Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

City Connects (2012). The Impact of City Connects: Progress Report 2012. Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

City Connects (2010). The Impact of City Connects: Annual Report 2010. Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.



Reports

City Connects (2022). City Connects In the Community College Setting: The SCC Pilot. Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

City Connects (2022). Responding to Covid-19 - The Impact of City Connects During the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

Comprehensive Services for Children in Poverty: Setting the Research Agenda for Integrated Student Support, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College. 

Tipping the Scales: How integrating school and community resources can improve student outcomes and the Commonwealth’s future, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.



Briefs

Research Briefs

The Impact of City Connects on Select Student Sub-Groups (2023). Chestnut Hill, MA: Center for Thriving Children.

The Impact of City Connects on Teachers and Schools (2023). Chestnut Hill, MA: Center for Thriving Children.

Effects of the pandemic on students, families, and school staff in 2020. Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.  

Research Summary: Integrated Student Support, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College. 

Reducing High School Drop-Out through Elementary School Student Support: An Analysis Including Important Student Subgroups. Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

Principles of Effective Practice for Integrated Student Support. Mary E. Walsh, Ph.D., Joan Wasser Gish, J.D., M.A., Claire Foley, Ph.D., Maria Theodorakakis, M.A., Kirsten Rene, M.A. (2016). Chestnut Hill, MA: Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children

Building a sustainable intervention to address the out-of-school factors affecting achievement: A primer and case study, Foley, C., Theodorakakis, M., Walsh, M. E., DiNatale, P., & Raczek, A. (2015). Chestnut Hill, MA: Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children

City Connects: The Impact on Student Outcomes, City Connects, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.  



Practice Briefs 

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support and Integrated Student Support, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College. 

The Whole Child: Building Systems of Integrated Student Support During & After COVID-19, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College. 

Introducing Systems of Integrated Student Support, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.   

Financing Systems of Integrated Student Support, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.   

Defining a School Coordinator, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.   

Reviewing Every Student, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.   

Analyzing the Resource Landscape, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College. 

Using Data to Inform Practice, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.   

Working With Community Partners, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.   

Selecting Technology for Integrated Student Support, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.   

Understanding Principles of Effective Practice, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College. 



Policy Briefs 

Building Systems of Integrated Student Support: A Policy Brief for Federal Leaders, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College

Building Systems of Integrated Student Support: A Policy Brief for Local and State Leaders, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College

Building a Statewide System to Support Early Childhood Program Integration With Comprehensive Services, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College

Integrated Student Supports State Policy Toolkit, Second Edition, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children & Communities In Schools. 

Integrated Student Supports State Policy Toolkit Overview, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children & Communities In Schools.

Principles of Effective Practice for Integrated Student Support, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

Strengthening Whole Family Comprehensive Supports in Early Childhood: Implications for Head Start and Early Head Start, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.

State Approaches To Integrated Student Support, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Boston College.



General Publications

, A Letter to the Editor, Dr. Mary Walsh, May 10, 2024

- Joan Wasser Gish, The 74 Million, October 4, 2023

- Joan Wasser Gish and Haibin Jiang, Brookings Institute, February 22, 2023 

- Joan Wasser Gish, K12 Dive,  November 18, 2022

, Dr. Mary Walsh, April 24, 2022

- K12 Dive, Joan Wasser Gish, November 2021

, Joan Wasser Gish, Commonwealth Magazine, June 2021

, Alexandra Marsh, City Connects Coordinator, Boston Herald, March 2021

 - Joan Wasser Gish and others, Commonwealth Magazine, June 2020

, Joan Wasser Gish, CommonWealth Magazine, May 2020

, Mary Walsh, CommonWealth Magazine, July 2019

,  Joan Wasser Gish, CommonWealth Magazine, April 2018

, Joan Wasser Gish, Washington Post, Nov. 2018

, Mary Walsh & Daniel Warwich, CommonWealth Magazine, May 2017

Joan Wasser Gish, Eric Dearing, Mary Walsh, Brookings Institute,, July 15, 2016

, Mary Walsh & Andre Ravenell, CommonWealth Magazine, Sept. 2015