We work directly with LEAs, municipal agencies, partner organizations, and state-wide systems of support to build and strengthen community school strategies. Our current offerings include:
Engaging policy-makers to advocate for changes to legislation and state policy that responds to practitioner needs and experience.
Support for CCSPP current and potential applicants.
Join us in conversation to learn from peers and practitioner experts about what it takes to do this work. Find current and archived community-school events, hosted by CSLX and our partners, here.
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.
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.
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.