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Community-connected learning in community schools: Why it is essential for whole-school transformation

Community-connected learning is more than a different approach to teaching; it is the most effective way to teach.

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Our traditional public funding parameters don’t fit rural communities

Right now, our state has no measure that helps us understand how to really support the rich ecosystem of rural communities because the only thing we’re using is a yardstick in a forest. And it’s a problem.

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This is a graphic representing the parts of a community school coming together as puzzle pieces. These pieces form a wheel of support for the kids in the centre. This is then annotated with various arrows and labels like "its a team effort" pointing at the students in the centre, "its how we do our work" pointing at the puzzle piece "powerful student and family engagement", and "how our systems support our work" pointing at "strategic partnerships."

The name of a funder does not a community school make

Community schools are not new; they have taken root across the state long before – and alongside – the CCSPP.

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Field trip fun for students at Maple and Semitropic. Photo courtesy of Veronica De Leon.

Cross-District Partnerships for Rural Community Schools

West Kern Consortium collaborative allows districts to maximize community school resources.

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A love letter to planning

If you’re a California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) grantee, right now you have an almost unprecedented opportunity to build the car BEFORE you drive it.

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Don't leave students with disabilities out of CA's massive community schools investment

We cannot look back in a decade with a “mea culpa” knowing that we may have left students with disabilities behind.

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A grant program is not a strategy

If you’re reading this, I’m betting that you’ve recently received a CA Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) grant.

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Big Bets Part III: Community Schools Accelerating Equitable Recovery

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.

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Stages of development in the community school transformation

Learn about the Community Schools Forward task force's recent release of the Stages of Development tool.

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