This rebroadcast from the Campaign for Grade Level Reading explores the Community Schools model and how it helps meet the challenges that children and families are facing. Watch to hear reflections on the significant increase in federal investment in Full-Service Community Schools.
Learn about the Community Schools Forward task force's recent release of the Stages of Development tool.
Learn about the Community Schools Forward task force's essential resources to align, build, and scale effective and sustainable community schools.
It’s hard to believe it’s already been about a month since we wrapped the first leg of our CS Fundamentals tour! We're sharing what we learned from each of you in a series of blog posts. Here's part one.
Too often, we hear Community School Coordinators and Directors described as the ones “in charge” of community school implementation.
The Community School Manager (CSM) in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) integrates a school’s partnership work with its academic mission.
Years ago, I took a job as district Director of Community Schools. The hardest part about that job? Trying to advance a vision of community schools, amidst an organizational culture that, like most school districts everywhere, struggled with programmatic silos and barriers to collaboration.
The administration and federal agencies have a unique and foundational role to play in each of these areas. I want to highlight three specific areas that could benefit from administrative action.
This post offers discussion prompts for school and community leaders to plan together and strengthen their community school strategy as part of the California Community Schools Partnership Program.