Evaluation of Community Schools:
findings to date

Joy G. Dryfoos
Hastings-on-Hudson
New York, 10706

This work has been conducted with support from the
Carnegie Corporation but does not represent the views of the Corporation.


PART ONE: OVERVIEW
	What a Community School Looks Like Research on Effectiveness Sources of Information Key Results Social Behavior & Healthy Youth Development Community Life Comparison with School Reform Movement
PART TWO: RESEARCH ON INITIATIVES
Community Schools
	National Models
	Children's Aid Society Community Schools, New York
		Gardner School, Boston (CAS Adaptation Site) Stevenson-YMCA Community School Program, Long Beach, CA (CAS Adaptation Site)
	University-Assisted Schools, Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania
		Winburn Community Academy, Kentucky (WEPIC Adaptation) Bloom Middle School, Cincinnati Ohio (WEPIC Adaptation)
	Beacons
	Bridges to Success
		Indianapolis Hampton Year Round Elementary School, Greensboro, North Carolina

	Extended Services Schools Initiative of Wallace Reader's Digest Foundation School of the 21^st century The school development program COZI (Comer-Zigler) Communities in schools
		Communities In Schools of Miami, Inc. Communities in Schools in Chicago Stanley Elementary School, Wichita, Kansas Communities in Schools of Passaic, New Jersey

	State initiatives
	California, Healthy Start
		Modesto (Healthy Start)
	New Jersey School-Based Youth Services Program Iowa School-Based Youth Services Program
		Marshalltown Caring Connection (IOWA SBYSP adaptation) Woodrow Wilson Middle School (Iowa SBYSP Adaptation) Success Program, Des Moines Public Schools
	Kentucky Youth and Family Centers
	Missouri, Caring Communities
		Jackson County Caring Community
		Walbridge (Original Caring Communities Site)
	Washington, Readiness to Learn

	Local initiatives - multiple schools
	Boston Excels Polk Brothers Foundation Community Schools, Chicago Dallas Public SchoolsMontgomery County, Maryland, Linkages to Learning SUN Schools Uniting Neighborhoods Initiative, Multnomah County, Oregon Thomas E. Edison Community Middle School, Port Chester, New York Rochester change collaborative St. Louis community education initiative Achievement Plus Wilder Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota San Diego Community School Innovations Clearpool Network, New York Schools as the center of the community, grand forks, North Dakota

	Local initiatives - individual schools
	Molly Stark Elementary School, Bennington, Vermont Flambeau School, Tony, Wisconsin Elizabeth Learning Center, Cudahy, Los Angeles

	After-school programs
	National
		Foundations, Inc
	Local
		Austin, Texas After-School Recreation Programs Chicago lighthouse program Ohio urban school initiative school age care project (SACC) LA's best after school program, Los Angeles, California The after-school corporation initiative (TASC) open society institute, New York City Virtual Y, New York City
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