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Building trusting relationships: Lessons from labor and management collaborations

If you want any kind of school transformation to be successful, you have to spend time thinking about and building trust – and community schools work requires a lot of it. How do you know you’ve built trust?

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Four ways to maximize use of the S-TAC Sustainability Plan Template

How might you maximize your use of the S-TAC team's Sustainability Plan Template? CSLX's Melissa Mitchell lays out four tips in her latest blog post.

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What if we've been looking at sustainability all wrong?

When practitioners think about community school sustainability planning, especially as CCSPP grants continue to “age,” the first question they often ask is, “how are we going to replace this funding?” But sustainability planning shouldn’t revolve around dollar for dollar replacements.

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CCSPP awards are coming–Are you ready?

Did you apply for CCSPP implementation funding in the final round? Grant award announcements are coming out soon. Here are three ideas to help you plan ahead.

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Coffee and conversation do not equate to transformational family engagement

When asked about their family engagement efforts, many school teams say that they’re putting in the work. But it’s hard to point to evidence of this connection beyond survey results–let alone know how many people took the survey in the first place.

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Post-holiday reset: How community school teams can build on their wins and plan for impact

Coming back after the holidays is an opportunity for community school teams to recharge, refocus, and set the tone for the remainder of the school year. We're sharing some tips to get you started.

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The CCSPP Grant RFA is out: Four strategies to start your application and kickstart community school development

The California Department of Education recently released a Request for Applications for Cohort 4 of the CCSPP implementation grants. Here are our best tips on using the implementation grant application to continue to build a strong foundation for CS development, whether you get the grant or not.

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A Q&A with Danielle Jordan, CSLX’s new Research & Policy Associate

Meet Danielle Jordan, CSLX's new Policy & Research Associate, in this Q&A.

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Three ways to kick off your first year as a Community School Coordinator

Whether you're brand new to your school – or brand new to the CSC role – take these three tips on how to kick off your first year as a CSC.

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CSLX’s 2023-24 Year in Review

Like many of you, Team CSLX is wrapping up our year–fiscal year, that is! We’re taking our own advice, and reflecting and celebrating the work of our team over these last twelve months. Here’s our team’s highlights reel from ‘23-24.

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