Skip to main content

Blog

Moving Beyond ‘Checking the Box:’ Taking Data from Compliance to Curiosity

Community school (CS) practitioners and teams that have a curiosity-centered mindset pull data, gather interest holders, and dig deep on questions about what the data is telling them.

Read More

You’re never ‘done’ building your community school

When you take a mindset that recognizes the cyclical nature of community school development, then you are truly digging into and doing the (hard) work of sustaining it.

Learn more

Reflections on CSLX’s CCSPP Grant Cohort Series

Through the series, we learned a lot about the ways the CCSPP application process supported–and did not support–community school practitioners across the state. Here are some of our top learnings from the experience.

Read More

Aligning your LCAP, SPSA, and Community School Plans: The why, how, and when

Your LCAP, SPSA and community school (CS) implementation plans should all be nested together. Here's why.

Read More

A young Black boy focuses on his assignment at school, pencil in hand.

The CCSPP application deadline is right around the corner

In case you’ve been living under a rock these last few months, the deadline for applications for the next round of the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) implementation grant funding is right around the corner. Here's why you should consider applying.

Read More

When it comes to your needs assessment, do it yourselves

Your needs assessment isn’t just about the product that you create, but about the process of collaboratively looking at data with your team and engaging in conversation with the people most impacted by community school development.

Read More

A pile of buttons that read, "I feel valued and supported at my community school."

The letter: Chronic absenteeism, missed connections, and me

Chronic absence and truancy are serious warning signs. But an automated form letter alone, absent a meaningful connection outside of it, is a lost opportunity at best, and alienation at worst.

Read More

A woman and man sit at a desk with computers. In the backdrop is a whiteboard with a number of sticky notes of various colors stuck to the whiteboard, from orange, pink, and blue. Both people are smiling and in the middle of a discussion.

Don’t just write the grant to write it

CCSPP funding can absolutely set the stage for whole-school transformation, but only if you approach it with an actual plan for transformation.

Read More

Three things to consider when onboarding a Community School Coordinator

So you’re ready to onboard your Community School Coordinator! Now what?

Read More

What we get wrong about Community School Coordinators and the essential role they play in CS development

Community School Coordinators are the heart of their school communities, and the heart of our movement to rebuild and transform schools. Here's what we get wrong about their roles in our schools and districts.

Read More

More