Get
your copy now of American
Educator's most recent issue, Surrounded by Support,
spotlighting Community Schools! Community school leaders: Richard
Rothstein, Ira Harkavy, Jane Quinn, Joy Dryfoos, Marty Blank, and more,
assert that
coordinated partnerships between communities and schools is key to
offering services to youth, families, and communities. Email this
issue to policymakers, school administrators,
colleagues, and your networks!
Secretary
Duncan's idea of the school as a community center is being
picked
up by mainstream media. Watch as he outlines his education reform
goals during his conversation
with Charlie Rose:
Coordinated Systems of Care Save
Schools Millions
Children
and youth with mental health issues thrive at school when they are
enrolled in coordinated systems of care, according to a new
federal report. It
was found that youth with mental health problems, in system-of-care
programs, experienced academic improvements within 12 months of
enrollment.
In his own words...What
is Secretary Duncan saying about community schools? Click
here to find out!
Videos
Our Children Need More
School Time Secretary Arne Duncan reiterates his support for
children & families through the idea of “schools as centers of
community.”
Click
here to more blogs about The
Community Agenda and
community schools!
Deadlines Announced for Race to
the Top Funds
The
Race to the Top Fund will support states’ effort to drive substantial
gains in student achievement. In late July– ED will publish a notice of
proposed rulemaking
in the Federal Register, inviting public comment for 30 days on the
proposed grant application and the criteria for evaluating them. The
notice for applications will go out in October. Read
more...
Schools
Belong to their Communities
Sec. Duncan says schools belong to the neighborhoods they serve and
adds
that keeping these buildings safe and available to students and
community groups is a priority.
School
Buildings Belong to Us - the Community
In
a speech at the United Way of America Conference, Secretary Duncan
urges us to " fundamentally change what a school building
does...they didn’t belong to me as a superintendent. They didn’t belong
to the
union. They belong to the community...We in
education can’t do it alone." View
the full video and read
the transcript. .
At a National Press Club Sec. Duncan Calls for Schools to
Become Centers of Community.Access
transcript...
Catch Secretary
Duncan speaking at the 4th Annual IES Research Conference and see what
he has to say about community schools! Read the transcript...
Secretary
Duncan Says "Do what works" Watch
as the Secretary notes, at the Brookings Institute, how
now is the time "to really invest in and scale up what works"-
community schools. Use his talking
points when speaking with local/state policymakers and
community members and agencies. Also, you can access
the audio.
Is
Secretary Duncan visiting your town? Let us know so that we can be on
the watch
and include any community schools media that is generated in our next
newsletter!
Click
here to catch a Chicago Community School in Action!
Research,
Publications, & Tools
The
Obesity Culture: Strategies for Change:Public
health and university-community partnerships Francis Johnston’s and Ira Harkavy’s vision of
community
partnership, with universities and schools working together to identify
and change the conditions that cause the complex obesity problem, may
be applicable to many aspects of public health. Read
more…
Parsing
the Achievement Gap II
This Policy Information Report follows up on a 2003 report Parsing the Achievement Gap:
Baselines for Tracking Progress.
The updated report identifies 16 factors related to academic
performance ranging from birth weight and hunger to lead poisoning,
parental involvement, and teacher quality. The report concludes that
while a few of the gaps in achievement have narrowed, overall, there
has not been much progress.
