U.S. Rep. Hoyer Pushes Community Schools in Fight Against Poverty

02/02/12

In a guest blog for the Huffington Post, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer argues for the passage of the Full-Service Community Schools Act as the country searches for ways to combat the effects of poverty. Read More >

Black Youth Project: Community Schools as a Solution to the Education Dilemma

The Black Youth Project blog covers a variety of socially-impacting topics to young African Americans such as Black feminism, race relations, and hip hop. In this entry, blogger “Jonathan” explains how the help of a nonprofit housed in his high school helped him overcome many of the social difficulties that hindered his education. Merging community resources into failing schools is the best way to address the failings of education policy, he says in his blog. Read More >

Community Schools Facilitate Strong Leadership, Better Conditions for Teachers

01/25/12

The simultaneous release of two reports on school-community partnerships by the Center for American Progress (CAP) is a good indication that the community schools strategy continues to move to the forefront of education reform. Read More >

The Crucial Role of Teachers and Teacher Unions

01/19/12

The community schools movement is growing, and with it, the involvement and support of teachers, paraprofessionals, and their unions. National teacher unions have always been strong supporters of the community school strategy. The two largest, the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers, are both original partners in the Coalition for Community Schools. Now local union affiliates are increasingly getting involved in community school initiatives. Read More >

New Reports Assess How to Sustain Community Schools and Help Teachers

01/18/12

the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based public policy think tank, and the Coalition for Community Schools, a Washington-based nonprofit that supports and advocates for community school partnerships have released two reports today that look at how "community schools" can benefit teachers and how to build the successful partnerships needed to sustain community schools. Read More >

Upcoming Event and Report: Schools at the Hub: Community Partnerships in the Boston Public Schools

01/17/12

The release of Schools at the Hub: Community Partnerships in the Boston Public Schools will detail results from the first-ever district-wide survey of school-community partnerships in Boston. Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson will be the featured speaker during a panel discussion on the report Feb. 2 at The Children’s Museum in Boston. The event and report were conducted by Full-service Schools Roundtable. Read More >

United Way of Knoxville Exploring Community Schools Model

01/17/12

The United Way of Greater Knoxville is collaborating with Knox County Schools and the Knoxville Chamber Partnership to implement the community schools concept specifically to help underserved students. Read More >

Lehigh Valley Educators Warn Legislators about State’s Cuts to School Funding

01/17/12

Local educators in Lehigh Valley, Penn. warned state legislators of the consequences of proposed budget cuts - a serious increase in class sizes, elimination of transportation, and stopping momentum of their successful community schools. Read More >

The Value of College Readiness Indicators and Interventions: Lessons from Chicago

01/17/12

According to collaborators of the College Readiness Indicator Systems (CRIS) project, in order to prepare young people for success in college, districts and their partners need to identify and develop a system of college readiness indicators and tie them to individualized supports and interventions Read More >

FREE WEBINAR: Expanded Learning Times and Opportunities: The Community Schools Way

01/11/12

Join the Coalition and guest presenters in a webinar discussion exploring how the strategy of expanding learning time is a central component of their comprehensive community schools strategy. During the webinar you will get a chance to hear first-hand from three community school initiative leaders from Chicago, Cincinnati, and Tulsa, about how they, in partnership with their school district and community partners, are integrating expanded learning time into community schools. Read More >