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Return on Investment (ROI) of a Community School Coordinator

Michelle R. Bloodworth, Anna C. Horner|Mar 27, 2022|Case study

This case study, commissioned by ABC Community School Partnership in Albuquerque, New Mexico, calculates the ROI for the Community School Coordinator over a the five-year period. Each $1 invested in the coordinator returned approximately $7.11 net benefits.

Financing Community Schools: A Framework for Growth and Sustainability

Sharon Deich with Meghan Neary, Partnership for the Future of Learning|Mar 27, 2022|Tool

This guide introduces a framework for financing community schools that reflects tested practices. It also provides examples of how community schools at varying stages of development can identify and implement financing strategies.

Social Return on Investment (SROI) for Community Schools

Laura Martinez, Cheryl D. Hayes, and Torey Silloway|Mar 27, 2022|Book, article, report or brief

In the first analysis of its kind of the community schools model, this study shows that every dollar invested in the schools over a three-year period produced a $10.30 and $14.80 return in social value respectively.
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California ready to launch $3 billion, multiyear transition to community schools

John Festerwald, EdSource|Mar 21, 2022

In coming weeks, California will embark on a massive undertaking to convert several thousand schools in low-income neighborhoods into centers of community life and providers of vital services for families as well as students.

The Way We Do School

Milbrey McLaughlin, Kendra Fehrer, and Jacob Leos-Urbel|Mar 21, 2022|Book, article, report or brief

This book offers an in-depth profile of the nation’s most ambitious community school initiative. It focuses on a nearly ten-year effort to transform all eighty-six district schools in Oakland, California into community schools in order to better meet the academic and personal needs of all students.
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Continuous Improvement in Schools in the COVID-19 Context

Jeannie Myung Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University, Kelsey Krausen WestEd, Hayin Kimner Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University Corey Donahue WestEd|Mar 21, 2022|Book, article, report or brief

A new PACE brief summarizes key points from the report Enabling Conditions and Capacities for Continuous Improvement and contextualizes the findings within the current challenge of supporting teaching and learning during a pandemic.

Needs Assessment Data Sources

Public Profit|Mar 21, 2022|Tool

Fabulous dashboard of potential needs assessment data courses, at a variety of levels.

CCSPP Official Implementation Grant RFA

CDE|Mar 21, 2022|Policy document

The 2021-22 California Community Schools Partnership Program Implementation Grant funds are to be used to support the establishment of new community schools and/or the expansion or continuation of existing community schools

CDE CCSPP Official Planning Grant Webinar

CDE|Mar 15, 2022|Policy document

California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP)– Planning Grant Webinar, Official PTT from CDE.

NCCS Needs Assessment Toolkit

National Center for Community Schools|Mar 15, 2022|Tool

Needs Assessment Tool developed by the NCCS, in partnership with The Children's Aid Society, Chicago Public Schools Community Schools Initiative, and ActKnowledge. This tool includes a simple checklist to guide you through an inclusive needs assessment process.
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