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Lights On Afterschool: Seven ways to strengthen school-day and afterschool connections
What’s a great way to celebrate Lights On Afterschool this year? Work on strengthening the connections between school-day and expanded learning teams. Here are a few places to start.
As CCSPP expands, districts have an opportunity to build the infrastructure for scale
California's continued investment in community schools through the Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) apportionment in the state budget creates an important opportunity for school districts.
Before we called them community schools
Youth development doesn't just change young people, it raises the adults who spend the rest of their lives changing systems to better serve young people.
September is Attendance Awareness Month. What will you do to celebrate?
This Attendance Awareness Month, we started thinking about what new routines community school teams might develop to support attendance and, more importantly, belongingness.
Building sustainable community schools: Seven strategies for long-term impact
Effective sustainability planning is not about dollar-for-dollar replacement–and with new state investments in the picture, that’s truer than ever.
Youth are not the future of community schools–They are the architects of the movement
Student voice isn't about inviting young people to validate adult ideas. It's about recognizing that lived experience is expertise.
California's FY27 budget: What community school leaders need to know
May…a time for transition, a time for celebration, and a time for the state budget May Revision. What do CA school district leaders and site teams need to know about this year’s state budget so far?
Whole-child systems transformation starts with whole-person leadership
Transformative relationships are formed when we share pieces of our humanity with others, and thus, invite them to do the same.
Honoring Deanna Niebuhr: A champion for children and community schools
We are heartbroken to share that our dear friend and colleague Deanna Niebuhr passed peacefully after a short illness, surrounded by her family, on Saturday, February 28th.
Stop adding frameworks. Start connecting them.
If you’ve ever left a meeting and felt like you learned a lot, feel like the material is relevant, but also are more confused than before you came in, you might be experiencing framework fatigue.
