Listing of Publications
Community Schools: A Whole-Child Framework for School Improvement
03/08/17 Coalition for Community Schools
In this brief the Coaliton organized the major components of a community school into a comprehensive framework.The community schools framework puts students at the center, listening to their concerns and aspirations, and responding to their life circumstances.
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Community Schools Messaging
03/01/17 Coalition for Community Schools
Student-centered learning is echoed throughout our new Community School Messaging which
explicitly identifies a Community School as a public school, a hub of its neighborhood, uniting families,
educators and community partners to provide all students with top-quality academics, enrichment,
health and social services, and opportunities to succeed in school and in life.
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The Growing Convergence of Community Schools and Expanded Learning Opportunities(Reuben Jacobson, Shama S. Jamal, Linda Jacobson, Martin J. Blank) 2.8 MB
12/03/13 Coalition for Community Schools, Institute for Educational Leadership
This report captures the scope and nature of expanded learning opportunities in community school partnerships and to identify the state-of-the-art ELO practices that community schools are implementing.
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The Role of Community Schools in Place-Based Initiatives(William Potapchuk)
06/24/13 Coalition for Community Schools, Institute for Educational Leadership
PolicyLink
West Coast Collaborative
Across the United States, there is tremendous excitement about strategies that weave together resources in a clearly defined “place” to collectively improve outcomes for children, youth, families, and communities. The paper explores the relationship and need for alignment between various place-based strategies within the same geographic areas. The paper demonstrates that community schools offer a powerful vision and strategy for what schools should look like in within place-based initiatives.
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Community School Results 2013(Martin J. Blank, Reuben Jacobson) 145.1 KB
06/03/13 Coalition for Community schools
The findings in this document represent some of the evidence about how a diverse set of community school initiatives (each with their own name) are preparing students to learn, helping them succeed, and preparing them for future success.
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