http://www.communityschools.org//news/Community Schoolshttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=864In 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. Ryan,FoxThu, 02 Feb 2012 16:51:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=865The 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 difficult [...]Ryan,FoxFri, 27 Jan 2012 21:33:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=863The 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.Ryan,FoxWed, 25 Jan 2012 20:14:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=861The 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 Federati [...]Ryan,FoxThu, 19 Jan 2012 21:57:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=854the 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 [...]Ryan,FoxWed, 18 Jan 2012 23:05:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=849The 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 [...]Ryan,FoxTue, 17 Jan 2012 21:25:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=848The 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. Ryan,FoxTue, 17 Jan 2012 20:59:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=847Local 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. Ryan,FoxTue, 17 Jan 2012 20:29:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=846According 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 interventionsRyan,FoxTue, 17 Jan 2012 20:20:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=845Join 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 f [...]Ryan,FoxWed, 11 Jan 2012 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=843As states and Congress rethink how to judge a successful school—whether by measuring graduation rates, using standardized-test scores, or judging teacher effectiveness—they should make sure to track another critical piece of information: the number of students missing 20 days or more of school each [...]Ryan,FoxThu, 05 Jan 2012 21:46:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=842Springfield (MO) Public Schools will name an elementary school in February as the new pilot for its community schools initiative. The school district has been studying and researching community schools in Tulsa and Evansville, Indiana for months, according to the Springfield News Leader. The new co [...]Ryan,FoxWed, 04 Jan 2012 18:28:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=840As early childhood education becomes the focal point of education investment, Right From the Start: Transition Strategies for Developing a Strong Pre K-3 Continuum published by the American Federation of Teachers, a close partner of the Coalition’s, highlights best practices for readying infants and [...]Ryan,FoxFri, 30 Dec 2011 21:10:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=839To keep the success of Lincoln’s Community Learning Centers going, local officials there are mulling over several options to help fund the schools after its current grants expire.Ryan,FoxWed, 28 Dec 2011 21:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=838In response to the Helen F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske's commentary that ran in the Dec. 11 edition of the New York Times on the "unaddressed link between poverty and education," Martin Blank submitted the following letter urging education officials to address the affects of poverty on student achieve [...]Ryan,FoxTue, 20 Dec 2011 20:14:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=836At 27 years old, P.G. Sittenfeld became one of the youngest Cincinnati City Council members ever be elected this past November. As Assistant Director of Cincinnati’s Community Leaning Center Institute (CLCI), he also becomes an instant ambassador of the community schools strategy.Ryan,FoxMon, 19 Dec 2011 17:44:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=831The American Federation of Teachers, vilified by critics as an obstacle to school reform, is leading an unusual effort to turn around a floundering school system in a place where deprivation is layered on heartache. Ryan,FoxFri, 16 Dec 2011 16:54:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=403The Community School Collaborative will join with school districts in Southern Seattle and South King County, along with county, mayoral, and community college partners, to begin work on a 10-year regional project called The Road Map Project for Education Results. The program is designed to build ne [...]Maame,AmeyawThu, 15 Dec 2011 15:52:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=817A fascinating national survey of physicians demonstrates that many medical professionals believe that not being able to meet personal social needs leads to poorer medical health. Ryan,FoxWed, 14 Dec 2011 22:17:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=816The D.C. Council is moving forward with legislation to transform at least five at-risk public schools into "community schools," providing adult-education classes and hosting health clinics on evenings and weekends. Ryan,FoxWed, 14 Dec 2011 21:55:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=815United Way Worldwide (UWW) and the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) launched a new online resource toolkit for designing support programs for high school students at risk of not graduating through family and community engagement. The High School Success Toolkit is a product of UWW and HFRP’s j [...]Ryan,FoxWed, 14 Dec 2011 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=814The Forum for Youth Investment recently published a five-page guide on the new provisions and regulations in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, commonly referred to as FERPA. Ryan,FoxWed, 14 Dec 2011 21:24:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=812Ryan,FoxThu, 08 Dec 2011 20:43:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=811Ryan,FoxThu, 08 Dec 2011 20:34:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=810A Cincinnati community school model is attracting national attention. Representatives from as far away as New York are coming to Oyler Elementary to learn more about the "Community Learning Center Initiative." Ryan,FoxThu, 01 Dec 2011 21:21:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=809A growing number of Portland area children are going hungry. Fortunately, one community school’s effort to start a food bank has picked up steam locally and is being encouraged nationally. Ryan,FoxTue, 29 Nov 2011 21:39:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=803A Cincinnati-based research firm confirmed what many community school advocates in the Queen City already have known – that students taking advantage of the resources in their community schools perform at a higher academic level than those who do not. Ryan,FoxMon, 21 Nov 2011 21:19:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=834Cincinnati Public Schools conducted an annual performance evaluation for each its Community Learning Centers. The study showed a variety of positive impacts within CPS Community Learning Centers. Ryan,FoxSat, 19 Nov 2011 19:27:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=833The United Way of Lehigh Valley is actively working to establish strong partnerships with qualified agencies, corporate partners, member’s government, and schools. In this letter to the editor, UWGLV President Susan Gilmore highlights the impact UWGLV and its partners have had in the region, especia [...]Ryan,FoxSat, 19 Nov 2011 19:17:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=807SUN Community Schools in Multonmah County, Oregon and several of its community partners are drawing headlines for their involvement in the groundbreaking Mind in the Making and Community Schools Project. Ryan,FoxFri, 18 Nov 2011 22:21:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=802Bob Balfanz, director of the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University and the author of a new report on high school graduation rates, points to national community schools such as Communities in Schools model and the Children’s Aid Society model as useful tools for addressing the indicat [...]Ryan,FoxFri, 18 Nov 2011 17:23:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=808A new report published the National Education Association, a Coalition partner, titled Family-School-Community Partnerships 2.0: Collaborative Strategies to Advance Student Learning outlines 10 strategies for creating effective partnerships to build excellent public schools that all students deserve [...]Ryan,FoxThu, 17 Nov 2011 20:19:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=805New York University sociologist Pedro Noguera writing in the November 2011 issue of Kappan Magazine, the flagship publication of Phi Delta Kappa International, blasts the stubborn notion that schools are powerless to reverse the effects that poverty has on educational success. Ryan,FoxMon, 14 Nov 2011 23:45:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=795The American Public Health Association published a pivotal new book this month School-Based Health Care: Advancing Educational Success and Public Health is one of the first book in 20 years, according to its publishers, to examine the practice, policy, and applied research of the outcomes and impact [...]Ryan,FoxMon, 14 Nov 2011 21:53:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=792Two separate webinars convened the week of Nov. 15 aimed at using public, private, and nonprofit partnerships as an essential component of education reform initiatives. Education Week is holding a webinar titled 'Powerful Partnerships: Creating Community Coalitions for District Reform' and the Harva [...]Ryan,FoxWed, 09 Nov 2011 20:21:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=804According to a Columbus-based nonprofit consulting company, Battelle for Kids and SOAR, students in Cincinnati Public Schools are rated at the top for student achievement on Ohio’s state standardized test. The report gathered data from the state’s department of education. Cincinnati’s implementation [...]Ryan,FoxMon, 07 Nov 2011 22:40:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=769Ryan,FoxMon, 07 Nov 2011 19:47:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=766Thanks to an urban nutritional initiative started by the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, high school students from West Philadelphia are helping to lead the charge for equal access to quality nutrition for all neighborhoods.Ryan,FoxMon, 07 Nov 2011 17:58:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=768The Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning at Foundations, Inc. along with the Afterschool Alliance is hosting a free webinar Monday Nov. 7 featuring recent winners of the Afterschool Innovator Award who will share some of their cutting-edge programs designed at engaging middle school-aged stu [...]Ryan,FoxMon, 31 Oct 2011 22:12:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=775The National Institute on Out-of-School Time recently released its Afterschool Matters Journal. The journal includes a feature on the Beacon Schools founded in New York City and a community mapping program that promotes youth spaces. Ryan,FoxFri, 28 Oct 2011 23:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=761Knox County, Tennessee Superintendent and 20 Community Leaders trekked 250 miles north last month to study the success of Cincinnati’s Community Learning Centers. Knoxville News Sentinel chronicled the group’s efforts to bring the community school idea to Knoxville area schools. Ryan,FoxWed, 26 Oct 2011 19:03:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=841As more communities embrace the notion of a scaled-up system of community schools, perhaps one of the most vital leadership positions in laying out the plans and goals come from the guidance of the school district’s chief – the superintendent.Ryan,FoxThu, 20 Oct 2011 17:40:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=765As Nashville builds up a district-wide system of community schools, planners are finding that the new Scaling Up School-Community Partnerships Guide recently released by the Coalition for Community Schools is validating much of its efforts.Ryan,FoxTue, 18 Oct 2011 22:04:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=762The Coalition is hosting a series of webinars for people who want to learn how to scale up community schools using our new online Scaling Up Guide Ryan,FoxMon, 17 Oct 2011 18:54:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=747Principal Leadership, the flagship membership magazine of The National Association of Secondary School Principals, a Coalition partner, dedicated its October 2011 issue to support for students, specifically community schools. Ryan,FoxMon, 17 Oct 2011 16:42:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=740Dream of a Nation: Inspiring Ideas for a Better America is a part of a project the SEE Innovation organization has undertaken to bring awareness to the solutions to some of the social, environmental, and economic dilemmas facing the United States today. The book features stirring essays from Veteran [...]Ryan,FoxMon, 17 Oct 2011 14:31:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=788The Winter 2012 issue of Voices in Urban Education published by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform focuses on the civic engagement in public education and fostering the external partnership needed for investment to improve our nation’s public education system. Ryan,FoxSat, 15 Oct 2011 21:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=737The Netter Center for Community Partnership at the University of Pennsylvania awarded Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) with funding to establish a new regional center to support other university-supported community school initiatives around the Midwest. IUPUI’s new Center fo [...]Ryan,FoxMon, 10 Oct 2011 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=735Tthe Coalition for Community Schools at the Institute for Educational Leadership released Scaling Up School and Community Partnerships: The Community Schools Strategy. Built on the experience of the growing number of local community schools initiatives across the country, this guide will help schoo [...]Ryan,FoxWed, 05 Oct 2011 20:12:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=715The community schools movement got a major shoutout during MSNBC’s Teachers Town Hall on their annual Education Nation programming. Annie Bogenschutz from Cincinnati’s Ethel Taylor Academy sang the praises of schools like hers that bring resources from outside the school to supplement the needs of s [...]Ryan,FoxMon, 03 Oct 2011 17:51:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=714Coalition for Community Schools new resource guide Scaling Up School and Community Partnerships: The Community Schools Strategy was recently profiled in Education Week’s Beyond Schools blog. The blog’s author Nora Fleming has been following the success of Cincinnati’s 5th Quarter program and details [...]Ryan,FoxFri, 30 Sep 2011 22:50:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=736Seventy-six local, state, and national organizations, representing education, youth development, health and social services, community development, and higher education, announced a set of recommendations today to inform the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Shital,ShahFri, 30 Sep 2011 20:12:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=773Want to prepare the young people in your state and community to be ready for work and life by the time they reach 21? Do your neighborhoods offer enough support for every single kid? If not, check out the Ready by 21 Leader Network website. The free membership network was launched this month through [...]Ryan,FoxFri, 23 Sep 2011 22:19:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=694Norman B. Rice, former mayor of Seattle and current President of the nationally-prominent Seattle Foundation, told Martin Blank, President of the Institute for Educational Leadership and Director of Coalition for Community Schools that only a culture of inclusion and participation from every branch [...]Maame,AmeyawThu, 22 Sep 2011 17:17:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=689Community schools are quickly becoming embedded in the U.S. Department of Education’s school reform strategy as an innovative and efficient method for turning around schools. A new publication entitled the Handbook for Family and Community Engagement (aka. FACE Handbook), funded by the Department, d [...]Shital,ShahThu, 22 Sep 2011 15:48:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=688 The Census Bureau reports that the total number of Americans who are living in extreme poverty is 46.2 million. It is the first time that the median household income has not improved over a significant period of time. Lawrence Katz, an economics professor at Harvard, states, “We think of America a [...]Shital,ShahTue, 20 Sep 2011 21:30:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=686A Learning First Alliance article “Summer Learning Programs: Worthy of Attention and Resources” highlights the importance of summer learning programs. These programs have proven to be essential in helping close the achievement gap. An article from Johns Hopkins, “Lasting Consequences of the Summer [...]Shital,ShahTue, 20 Sep 2011 20:25:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=683The United Way of Northern Utah, along with The Ogden School District and a group of agencies in the Ogden, UT are working together to help students achieve success. The Ogden School District is already doing this by implementing the community school strategy but now they want to create more communi [...]Shital,ShahMon, 19 Sep 2011 20:46:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=680California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson released A Blueprint for Great Schools which includes community schools and summer learning as top priorities. According to the report “Full-service community schools are one tested approach to addressing the achievement gap. Key el [...]Shital,ShahMon, 19 Sep 2011 14:27:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=679The American Federation of Teachers, a strong supporter of community schools and a Coalition partner, released their Quality Education Agenda which calls for classrooms across the nation to be prepared, organized, and supported so that they can provide students with adequate knowledge and skills to [...]Shital,ShahMon, 12 Sep 2011 20:22:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=676On October 2nd The Afterschool Alliance , a Coalition partner, will host the 12th annual Lights on Afterschool competition at the Capital Criterium bike racing championship, at the National Mall (Washington, D.C.). This event raises awareness about the importance of afterschool programs. Communities [...]Shital,ShahFri, 09 Sep 2011 16:52:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=672President Barack Obama called for $30 billion in new money to stave off teacher layoffs—and $30 billion more to revamp facilities at the nation's K-12 schools and community colleges—as he outlined his vision of the Jobs Bill. (Source: Ed Week, 9/8/2011)Shital,ShahFri, 09 Sep 2011 16:48:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=684A Catalyst Chicago article, “Summer institutes gets teachers into neighborhoods” highlights a new Chicago Public School (CPS) teacher immersion institute, a 3 week program that connects teachers to their school communities. John Schmidt, director of the Service-Learning Initiative in the CPS Office [...]Shital,ShahThu, 08 Sep 2011 19:27:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=781A new report, Chicago Public Schools Community Schools Initiative: Analysis of Resources Leveraged by Lead Partner Agencies, describes the value that external partners are providing to Chicago Public Schools Community Schools Initiative. Ryan,FoxThu, 01 Sep 2011 20:32:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=665A recent Ed Daily article (see below), by Frank Wolfe, which showcases the DIPLOMA Act (H.R. 2637, S. 426)! It also features some of our close partners: Afterschool Alliance, Communities in Schools, and Harlem Children’s Zone. Additionally, Wolfe illustrates DIPLOMA in action by sharing examples of [...]Shital,ShahWed, 24 Aug 2011 17:57:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=661Congressman Dave Loebsack (D-IA) and 14 of his fellow Members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary Arne Duncan to highlight the importance of creating schools that are safe, healthy, engaging and supportive. This political stand is an opportunity for whole-child education advocates to assert con [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 16 Aug 2011 21:41:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=667Gini Pupo-Walker, former Director of Parental and Community Engagement at Glencliff High School, has been named the new Director of Parental and Community Engagement for Metro Nashville Public Schools. Glencliff High School was one of the 2011 recipients of the Caolition's National Community Schools [...]Shital,ShahMon, 15 Aug 2011 21:15:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=658The Children's Aid Society's National Center for Community Schools is pleased to announce the Community Schools Fundamentals Conference, a two-day seminar designed specifically for those new or relatively new to community schools. The Fundamentals Conference will share The Children's Aid Society's [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 15 Aug 2011 21:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=660Christian Century, a progressive, ecumenical magazine based in Chicago, made community school their cover story in this month’s publication. “Reform That Works” highlights the efforts of several initiatives that are implementing social service and youth development into schools in order to improve s [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 11 Aug 2011 19:27:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=651The Center for American Policy (CAP) has released a brief on America’s rural schools, both the challenges they face and federal policy recommendations of how to address these challenges. The brief highlights community schools’ wraparound services as an effective method in serving rural schools. Barrie,AdlebergThu, 11 Aug 2011 19:07:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=648West Philadelphians, keep an eye out for young people bicycling around town with a bright blue cart - It’s full of fresh fruits & vegetables! This Youth Urban Mobile Market – the YUMM cart - is fully staffed by youth working with the Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative, a program headed by one of th [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 11 Aug 2011 17:20:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=644Carlos Azcoita, a member of the Coalition’s Steering Committee, co-wrote an article with Ted Purinton for Catalyst Chicago on the importance of passing the DREAM Act, a federal bill which stalled in the Senate last year that would provide opportunities to successful and ambitious immigrant youth. Th [...]Barrie,AdlebergWed, 10 Aug 2011 17:28:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=638Barrie,AdlebergWed, 03 Aug 2011 20:37:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=637A new report by PolicyLink evaluates the disparity between communities of different income levels, in regards to access to fresh, healthy food. The report was released on the heels of First Lady Michelle Obama’s launch of the California Freshworks Fund, a public-private partnership that will provide [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 02 Aug 2011 16:15:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=636In a recent New York Times op-ed , Jeff Smink of the National Association for Summer Learning, a Coalition partner, discussed how summer learning loss plays a key role in the achievement gap. He argues the importance of year-round educational and enrichment opportunities for all students. Barrie,AdlebergMon, 01 Aug 2011 15:51:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=634Barrie,AdlebergWed, 27 Jul 2011 16:10:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=635Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA) and David Loebsack (D-IA) have introduced the DIPLOMA Act into the House, earlier this year Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) introduced it in the Senate. The legislation authorizes grants to incentivize partnerships bet [...]Barrie,AdlebergWed, 27 Jul 2011 15:41:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=624The Kansas City Star recently published an article outlining the difficulties schools are facing in improving student outcomes through the marginally-successful reform efforts of the last decade. It states the goal of reform efforts: “You do everything you have to do for…one student and for all [str [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 25 Jul 2011 15:45:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=625The International Center of Excellence in Community Schools (ICECS), a network for practitioners and policy-makers working with community schools across the globe, has several new reports and updates from their work in Africa.Barrie,AdlebergFri, 22 Jul 2011 15:30:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=622A recent study on chronic absenteeism by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity has brought to light important new data regarding student achievement. Isolating other variables such as language barriers and poverty, the study found that chronic absenteeism is a strong indicator of both low student achieveme [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 21 Jul 2011 15:24:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=639A new report, Building and Supporting an Aligned System: A Vision for Transforming Education Across the Pre-K-Grade Three Years, by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Foundation's Task Force on Early Learning, offers ten recommendations for building an aligned system of [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 18 Jul 2011 20:39:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=640ABC Community Schools Partnership is looking for a talented, excited individual or organization to create a logo and website to support marketing and spreading the fantastic work of the growing Community Schools Movement. Please forward the attached Request for Proposal (the submission deadline has [...]Barrie,AdlebergFri, 15 Jul 2011 21:33:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=617The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) just released their 5 Year strategic plan, Community Schools, Thriving Students. In this plan, OUSD outlines goal areas and landmarks to align, coordinate, and leverage resources for the well being of Oakland’s children and families. Barrie,AdlebergFri, 08 Jul 2011 19:11:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=619Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) was awarded funds from The Wallace Foundation’s multi-year, $50 million summer learning initiative. CPS recently completed four weeks of full-day summer instruction and enrichment in June through its Fifth Quarter program, which taps community organizations to provide [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 07 Jul 2011 19:14:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=800Community schools offer the best vehicle for expanded learning time and opportunities the Coalition’s Martin Blank and Reuben Jacobson write in a new chapter in the New Directions in Youth Development (NDYD) Journal published earlier this month.Ryan,FoxFri, 01 Jul 2011 15:38:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=613The Ethel M. Taylor Academy elementary school last week won a national award for its Community Learning Center. The 411-student, preK-8 school was among three schools nationwide to be chosen for an Award of Excellence by the Coalition for Community Schools, a national alliance that promotes communit [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 20 Jun 2011 22:11:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=616Tulsa World features Union Public School’s Roy Clark after they were named a 2011 National Community School, one of only three in the country to be honored by the national Coalition for Community Schools in Washington, D.C. Barrie,AdlebergMon, 20 Jun 2011 15:50:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=614Last Thursday morning, June 16, 2011, in a crowded room inside the US Capitol in Washington D.C., the leadership team of Glencliff High School was presented the 2011 National Community Schools Award of Excellence from the Institute of Educational Leadership/Coalition for Community Schools. Glencliff [...]Barrie,AdlebergSun, 19 Jun 2011 22:18:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=620Grappling with the enormous question of how to bring non-school factors back into the school-reform dialogue, Prof. Jeffrey R. Henig and Massachusetts Secretary of Education S. Paul Reville shared insights in an Ed Week commentary. Not only do they firmly believe that addressing these issues is the [...]Barrie,AdlebergSat, 18 Jun 2011 14:57:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=602Diane Ravitch, a veteran of the education system, recently shared her thoughts on its reform. Her New York Times op-ed responded to the current spate of media coverage on so-called “miracle schools,” which have increased test scores and graduation rates in very poor neighborhoods, “proving” that pov [...]Barrie,AdlebergFri, 17 Jun 2011 14:52:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=582Community schools across the nation are deepening family engagement, improving attendance, and increasing academic achievement. Highlighting the joint work of schools and communities the Coalition for Community Schools presents the 2011 National Community School Award for Excellence to: Roy Clark El [...]Barrie,AdlebergFri, 10 Jun 2011 14:23:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=579Barrie,AdlebergThu, 09 Jun 2011 19:37:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=583Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, introduced the Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2011 (S. 1004), which focuses on high-quality early learning programs, effective family and community engagement, and better services for special populations, such as children with disabilit [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 07 Jun 2011 15:42:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=577At George Washington Community High School in Indiana, last year’s valedictorian Douglas Sprowl delivered a memorable and moving speech to his fellow graduates, sharing the story of his struggle to achieve what he has today and that success to the investment of his adoptive parents. With their helpa [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 07 Jun 2011 14:12:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=557Boasting significant improvements in academics, Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee won the honor of having President Obama delivered their commencement address. Obama encouraged bottom–up change and a collaborative community effort to see positive results for students and familie [...]Barrie,AdlebergFri, 27 May 2011 19:59:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=549Barrie,AdlebergWed, 25 May 2011 15:54:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=547Marty Blank, President of the Institute for Educational Leadership and Director of the Coalition for Community Schools blogs for the Huffington Post: Shrinking Budgets Demand Smarter Schools. Barrie,AdlebergMon, 23 May 2011 22:19:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=563During this interview you will learn about: Kirp’s “5 Big Ideas;” why he thinks community schools are a powerful strategy; the role of higher education in preparing graduates to work within this strategy; and his policy recommendations to support community schools.Barrie,AdlebergThu, 19 May 2011 21:15:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=541The Institute for Educational Leadership, in partnership with Michigan State University (MSU), is accepting applications through June 24th for a new professional development program focused on education policy in the Age of Globalization called the Global Education Policy Fellowship Program (GEPFP). [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 19 May 2011 20:38:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=540The U.S. Department of Education released a guide for schools and school districts on how to best access funding supports. In this guide, the US DOE recognizes two exemplary community school initiatives that are successfully leveraging their community resources by weaving various funding streams. Th [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 19 May 2011 16:11:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=554Through this webinar, you will gain insight into the policy landscape as Congress aims to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 and how community schools fit into the picture. Presenters will share key community school talking points for your meetings with policymaker [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 16 May 2011 20:25:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=595Summer Learning loss is proving to have a negative impact on student achievement – especially with our most vulnerable youth. Nora Fleming, Ed Week Blogger highlights Cincinnati’s solution to this problem in her article, Cincinnati Finds an Extra Month of School Beneficial. Cincinnati public school [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 12 May 2011 23:08:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=596In their feature, “Schools to the Rescue”, Scholastic Magazine highlights the tremendous impact that community schools across the country are having on student achievement. This article illustrates the day to day work of key players in community schools, who connect families and students to the reso [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 03 May 2011 20:08:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=594This Associated Press article features how a Missouri community school is addressing both education and the welfare of students and families. In areas of devastating poverty in Kansas City, the Local Investment Commission (LINC), a non-profit organization which offers after-school care, is leading [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 02 May 2011 17:08:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=597A recent article in Cincinnati’s Courier-Journal, boasts the achievements of Oyler Elementary School. In the 1990s, Oyler Elementary, one of 55 community schools in Cincinnati Public School district, was one of the most desperate schools on the Ohio River. Most students never completed tenth grade; [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 26 Apr 2011 21:49:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=520In a New York Times Op-Ed, “The Limits of School Reform”, columnist Joe Nocera notes that having the best teachers is just not enough to reform our schools and ensure student success. Nocera stresses that factors, beyond academics, such as family engagement, affect the academic success for many of o [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 26 Apr 2011 14:42:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=666Join the Coalition and guest presenters in a webinar discussion to explore how community schools are working to move the needle on reading by the end of 3rd grade to ensure that our young people are successful. This discussion will offer perspectives on how the Early Childhood and Community Schools [...]Shawn,IfillThu, 21 Apr 2011 21:13:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=598Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (EVSC) in Evansville, IN, is one of the many school districts across the Nation that is implementing the community school strategy to meet the needs of their students, families, and communities. Ed Week reporter, Mary Ann Zehr, shares stories from first per [...]Barrie,AdlebergWed, 20 Apr 2011 21:29:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=511On April 13, 2011, the California State Assembly passed Bill 760 Healthy Start Community Schools Act through the Assembly Education Committee. AB 760 will be a vehicle for emphasizing to Legislators the importance of the community schools approach—supporting schools and students through interagency [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 18 Apr 2011 19:27:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=510On April 13, 2011, Senate Bill 429 was passed by the Senate Education Committee by a 7–1 vote in California. Authored by State Senator Mark DeSaulnier, SB 429 increases flexibility around the use of summer ASES and 21st CCLC supplemental grants in order to maximize student attendance and increase st [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 18 Apr 2011 19:20:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=508Federal funding in Nebraska will support community schools and other school-community partnerships related to improving student learning, and community engagement. Specifically the funding allows for before and/or afterschool programs in eight new sites. Additionally, selected programs in 14 school [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 07 Apr 2011 19:53:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=509The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) released an updated policy brief plus model legislation in order to provide policymakers with guidance on how states and schools can best prepare all students for college and careers. Linking Learning to the 21st Century: Preparing All Students for College [...]Barrie,AdlebergWed, 06 Apr 2011 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=506More than 200 guests from 19 states and the District of Columbia joined the Coalition for Community Schools and Community Schools Collaboration on Wednesday, March 30 through Friday, April 1, 2011 for an energizing and hands-on Learning Lab experience. Designed for city and school officials, practi [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 04 Apr 2011 18:27:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=599During a visit to Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, VA, President Obama shared his plan to repair No Child Left Behind and reform American education. He highlighted the transformation of Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School, one of fifty-five community learning centers in the Cincinn [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 04 Apr 2011 16:25:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=474The Walmart Foundation donated a $1 million grant to America’s Promise Alliance for its Grad Nation Campaign. Several of these grants are going to cities which are implementing the community school strategy (Nashville, TN and Oakland, CA ). The grant will support local dropout prevention programs an [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 24 Mar 2011 14:45:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=499M.A. Lynch Elementary School, a Redmond School District community school , is the recipient of the State Champion School’s Award! Winning schools demonstrated significant progress in closing the achievement gap for low income and minority students. Barrie,AdlebergWed, 23 Mar 2011 17:36:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=498Hartford Community Schools (HCS) is now in its second full academic year in five Hartford Public Schools (HPS) with five community schools. The OMG Center for Collaborative Learning conducted an evaluation of HCS (2009-2010). The evaluation investigated the extent to which the community schools str [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 22 Mar 2011 21:58:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=496The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Education is co-sponsoring the National Financial Capability Challenge, from March 7 through April 8, 2011. The Challenge offers a free, voluntary, online series of financial questions for high school students to check their knowledge of [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 21 Mar 2011 22:06:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=495On March 15, Rep. Hoyer (D-MD), Sen. Nelson (D-NE) and Sen. Cochran (R-MS) reintroduced the Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2011, (HR 1090, S 585). In a statement about the re-introduction, Rep. Hoyer said: "…The results speak for themselves: these schools see higher student achievement, bette [...]Barrie,AdlebergWed, 16 Mar 2011 17:27:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=504The Coalition invites you to participate in a webinar to learn how two community school initiatives (Evansville, IN and Multnomah County, OR) are successfully leveraging resources – both public and private. Presenters, from school districts and local jurisdictions that are seriously implementing th [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 15 Mar 2011 21:29:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=500David Kirp, Professor at the University of California - Berkley, and author of Kids First: Five Big Ideas for Transforming Children's Lives and America's Future, recommends community schools and others place-based strategies as one of his Big Ideas in his latest book. Barrie,AdlebergTue, 15 Mar 2011 19:52:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=501ICF International conducted a national evaluation designed to determine whether Communities In Schools has an impact on student-level and school-level outcomes. The results are confirmation of what Communities In Schools has been doing for the past 30 years - empowering students to stay in school a [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 14 Mar 2011 19:56:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=490United Neighborhood Centers of America (UNCA) is supporting the White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI) by gathering responses to a short list of questions developed by the NRI. By filling out this survey, we can exemplify the effectiveness of the Community Schools strategy. Your fe [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 14 Mar 2011 19:27:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=484Federal funding for school-based health centers has been identified as one of the mandatory funding provisions on the table for elimination! The health care reform law provides SBHCs with $200 million in competitive grants. More than 350 applicants are waiting to hear if they were awarded the first [...]Barrie,AdlebergWed, 09 Mar 2011 14:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=478On March 3rd Secretary Duncan sent governors a letter addressing how to effectively use education funds during these tough fiscal times, or what he refers to as “The New Normal.” With the letter, he included three documents on “some options on the effective, efficient, and responsible use of resour [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 08 Mar 2011 14:38:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=470The Huffington post features blogger Martin Blank, President of the Institute for Educational Leadership and Director of the Coalition for Community Schools, and his commentary on the President’s State of the Union remarks on education. Barrie,AdlebergMon, 28 Feb 2011 18:37:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=473A report by Share Our Strength, Hunger in Our Schools: Share Our Strength’s Teachers Report, found that more than 60% of teachers report buying food for students with their own money. As reported in the Education Daily coverage of the report briefing, hunger is more than just a health and poverty i [...]Barrie,AdlebergFri, 25 Feb 2011 14:35:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=469The Coalition for Community Schools strongly supports the Obama Administration’s unrelenting commitment to increased investments in education in the 2011 budget. We are particularly pleased that funding for the Full Service Community Schools program remains a part of the Administration’s budget. Barrie,AdlebergThu, 24 Feb 2011 21:12:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=468Building Neighborhoods, a group focused on federal urban policy, recently interviewed Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education Jim Shelton about the progress and future of the federal Promise Neighborhoods (PN) grants. Shelton discusses the PN initiative, including ways the Department of Education w [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 24 Feb 2011 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=600Children and Families First , a recipient of the federal Full Service Community Schools grant, has started three community schools in Wilmington, DE. They are working in partnership with the school district, government, and community groups to increase family engagement and bring services to student [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 17 Feb 2011 14:29:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=459The Xavier University School of Education will begin a new phase of its partnership with the Pleasant Ridge Montessori Elementary School – a community learning center in Cincinnati. The partnership has previously focused on curriculum development, but will now also include teacher development course [...]Barrie,AdlebergWed, 16 Feb 2011 16:09:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=437Join us for a webinar on Thursday, February 24th at 1pm (EST). This webinar will focus on the ways in which youth are engaged as partners with adults in Beacons to improve themselves, programs and communities. Intermediaries, direct service staff and young people from Beacon initiatives in New York [...]Maame,AmeyawTue, 08 Feb 2011 17:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=457Representative Kildee (D-MI) blogged recently about the importance of social and emotional learning programs (SEL) in school. He believes that as Congress considers the reauthorization of ESEA Members must keep in mind not only students’ academic needs, but also the needs of the whole child. Rep. Ki [...]Barrie,AdlebergMon, 07 Feb 2011 20:11:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=456A recent look at the results of school-based health care (SBHC) facilities found that high school students who use SBHC for mental health counseling are less likely to be absent and tardy. According to the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, a Coalition partner, users of SBHC facilities a [...]Barrie,AdlebergThu, 03 Feb 2011 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=460John Deasy, soon to be the new superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District in April, is calling for free health, vision, and dental care for all students who currently are without access to health care. He hopes to leverage some benefits from the same companies that provide the district’s [...]Barrie,AdlebergWed, 02 Feb 2011 16:06:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=461Broughal Middle School, a school implementing the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley’s COMPASS community school model, won two grants to aid in creating real world engaging activities for their students outside of the classroom. The grants, from the State of Pennsylvania and Highmark Blue Shiel [...]Barrie,AdlebergTue, 01 Feb 2011 15:55:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=428The community of Kalamazoo, Michigan was brought together in support of public school reform when a new scholarship program began in 2005. The program promised a full college scholarship to any public school student that was accepted into a state-support institute of higher education. The Kalamazoo [...]Maame,AmeyawFri, 21 Jan 2011 15:52:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=423Evans High School will partner with the University of Central Florida and the Children's Home Society of Florida to start its first community school. In 2012, Evans High School will open a community school location in Central Florida. The school will offer health, dental, and mental health care at a [...]Maame,AmeyawThu, 20 Jan 2011 14:58:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=426Chinook Middle School is taking full advantage of a federal grant for school improvement and is a prime example of a successful community school that is producing results. Students’ test scores have already improved this year and the number of suspensions has decreased. The federal grant was used to [...]Maame,AmeyawWed, 19 Jan 2011 15:43:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=430Black leaders recently met in Tennessee to discuss the rising rate of black childhood poverty. Central to their call for new policies addressing childhood poverty are community schools modeled after the Harlem Children's Zone that offer a range of social services from prenatal care to after school p [...]Maame,AmeyawTue, 18 Jan 2011 15:58:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=427A recent report released by the Maryland Department of Education found that kindergarten students who previously attended Judy Centers were more likely to be fully prepared to enter kindergarten than their peers who did not. The 25 Judy Centers offer early education programs that partner with the co [...]Maame,AmeyawMon, 17 Jan 2011 15:48:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=429The U.S. Department of Education has recently released preliminary data on the School Improvement Grant program, including information on which of the four defined turnaround options schools are using. While the data seems promising to some, rural school advocates hold the position that the options [...]Maame,AmeyawFri, 14 Jan 2011 15:55:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=419Michael Robbins, Senior Advisor for Nonprofit Partnerships, Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Education, asserts the importance of the role of coordinators in the White House blog post, Managing School-Community Partnerships is a Full-Time Job. Robbins en [...]Maame,AmeyawThu, 13 Jan 2011 21:13:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=417The Parkside-Kenilworth neighborhood, one of the 21 communities to receive a federal Promise Neighborhood grant is coordinating resources to address student’s challenges. The initiative is supported by local businesses and community groups that recognize the impact of poverty on student’s outcomes i [...]Maame,AmeyawThu, 13 Jan 2011 18:26:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=409In 2003, the Wallace Foundation gave grants to five cities to help improve their out-of-school-time (OTS) programs through reducing inefficiency and redundancy, increasing cooperation, and increasing the accessibility and quality of the programs. In a recent report Rand assessed the progress of the [...]Maame,AmeyawThu, 13 Jan 2011 15:55:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=420During a video address on January 7, 2011, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stresses the critical role of community members in improving our children’s education. Maame,AmeyawMon, 10 Jan 2011 21:07:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=410Dewey Bartlett, Mayor of Tulsa Oklahoma, recently created the new Tulsa County Mentoring Coalition. Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative (TACSI), a partner of the Coalition for Community Schools, will work with 15 other nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and education groups to advance [...]Maame,AmeyawMon, 10 Jan 2011 18:14:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=422Education experts are now identifying and focusing on non-academic factors that are essential in student success. Recent research has shown that in order for students to succeed after high school they need to have non-cognitive skills in addition to the cognitive skills learned at school. The Coalit [...]Maame,AmeyawTue, 28 Dec 2010 14:50:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=411The Mott Foundation’s New Day for Learning is a “21st century vision for learning” that uses community resources to create stronger, more hands-on strategies for learning. New Day for Learning has picked San Francisco is one of ten cities across the US to become New Day for Learning communities. Sa [...]Maame,AmeyawWed, 15 Dec 2010 16:40:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=432New York State Governor-Elect, Andrew Cuomo, recently issued a blueprint for urban education reform where he cites, ‘community schools as an exemplary model for school reform and family support’. Also highlighted in the report is The Children’s Aid Society’s (CAS) Community Schools in New York City, [...]Barrie,AdlebergFri, 10 Dec 2010 20:19:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=397Union Public Schools and Tulsa Public Schools, which combined have a total of 18 community schools, were recently featured on the city’s local News On 6 station and website, because of a new study by the Oklahoma Center for Educational Policy. The study reveals “that fully-implemented community scho [...]Maame,AmeyawWed, 08 Dec 2010 20:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=398Miguel del Valle, a longtime Illinois state senator, and the first Latino city clerk of Chicago announced his candidacy for the 2011 Municipal election to run for Mayor earlier this Fall, replacing current Mayor Richard Daley. As a product of Chicago Public Schools, Del Valle understands the importa [...]Maame,AmeyawFri, 03 Dec 2010 20:26:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=396Join us for a webinar on Thursday, December 16th at 1pm EST, with presenters Martin Blank and Linda Juszczak who will discuss how community schools and school-based health centers are joining forces to improve outcomes for youth in many places across the country. They will shed light on current poli [...]Maame,AmeyawFri, 03 Dec 2010 14:16:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=395The University of Pennsylvania began a partnership with Sayre High School in West Philadelphia in 1996 that has grown to include numerous community services, such as nutrition education and exercise programs for families, career and college preparation programs for the high school students and even [...]Maame,AmeyawSat, 13 Nov 2010 00:19:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=389Join Elaine Allensworth, Senior Director and Chief Research Officer, at the Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago, on November 15th at 1pm, for an overview of Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago, a book she co-authored. She will review the Framework for Es [...]Shital,ShahTue, 09 Nov 2010 16:38:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=381School-based health centers will be eligible to apply for a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant for new medical equipment, improving facilities, and building new centers. A total of $100 million will be awarded. These health centers are located on school grounds to help provide medica [...]Maame,AmeyawMon, 08 Nov 2010 15:54:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=382Theatre Arts Production Company School (TAPCO), a Children’s Aid Society community school, was named as a top-rated high school in New York City by the New York City Department of Education’s ‘2010 High School Progress Reports’.Maame,AmeyawWed, 03 Nov 2010 15:56:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=392For generations, America’s public education system has been in desperate need of reform. Recent school reform failures have been blamed on poor teaching and teachers unions. In order for educational outcomes to improve, we must focus on systematic and sustainable change as well as re-evaluating prio [...]Maame,AmeyawTue, 02 Nov 2010 23:56:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=383Burton Elementary and Middle School in Grand Rapids, Michigan has been awarded the sixth annual Richard Riley Award presented by the Americans Architectural Foundation (AAF). The award “promotes the idea of schools as centers of community and honors excellence in schools that open their doors to com [...]Maame,AmeyawMon, 01 Nov 2010 15:58:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=384In Providence, Rhode Island, four schools, identified as being some of the worst in the state, will implement the community school strategy to turn around their schools.Maame,AmeyawFri, 29 Oct 2010 16:12:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=378Shital,ShahThu, 28 Oct 2010 19:14:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=380The California Schools Boards Association’s (CSBA) October 2010 policy brief focuses on the role school boards can have in implementing a community schools strategy, and it also reinforces the ways in which community schools maximize benefits, and address multiple factors that influence students’ ac [...]Maame,AmeyawMon, 25 Oct 2010 18:48:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=375Taft Information Technology High School in Cincinnati, once a failing school, has been turned around and is now a national Blue Ribbon School nominee. It is one of the highest ranked schools in Ohio. In 2001, Anthony G. Smith became principal of Taft high school and had a vision of reforming the sch [...]Maame,AmeyawMon, 25 Oct 2010 16:50:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=373The George-Kaiser Family Foundation will provide $250,000 to help fund the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood project in hopes that federal grant money will become available in the future. At the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood is a community school. They are a part of the Tulsa Area Community School Init [...]Maame,AmeyawFri, 22 Oct 2010 16:32:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=391Roughly 40 percent of New York City high school students were chronically absent in the 2008-2009 school year. This policy brief focuses on New York City’s response to chronic absenteeism and ways in which the system can improve. One suggested improvement would be to implement non-traditional school [...]Maame,AmeyawWed, 20 Oct 2010 23:31:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=374America After 3PM: From Big Cities to Small Towns investigates how America’s children spend their after school hours. Findings show that although more children are beginning to attend after school programs, more than a quarter of our nation’s schoolchildren are left alone after school. Maame,AmeyawWed, 20 Oct 2010 16:40:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=359Chronic absence is affecting many school districts across the nation. Prince George’s County is one of Maryland’s school districts with the highest rate of chronic absence. The average rate of chronically absent elementary students is close to 8 percent and at more than 30 county elementary schools [...]Shital,ShahTue, 19 Oct 2010 15:58:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=370In 2001, the Boundary School District in British Colombia faced a 30 percent decline in school enrolment. They needed to decide between closing the school or cutting services. To address this crisis they decided to “set up a hub in one of our [school] annexes…and run all kinds of family-related an [...]Shital,ShahThu, 14 Oct 2010 16:16:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=386For a decade, Cincinnati Public Schools has been implementing Community Learning Centers across the District. The schools have been rebuilt and reformed into neighborhood hubs, open for extended hours for the use of community agencies and organizations to provide health resources, social services, a [...]Maame,AmeyawWed, 13 Oct 2010 16:52:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=369To meet the needs of their low-income students and families, Plano school district, in North Texas will be implementing the community schools strategy. “It’s no longer just about serving the student. If the student is having difficulty, we have to look broader,” said Cathy Galloway, the district’s E [...]Shital,ShahWed, 13 Oct 2010 16:07:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=356The federal Full Service Community Schools Program grantees for 2010 have been announced. There are 11 awards granted to communities from the following states: Arizona, Delaware, California, Indianan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, South Carolina and Texas. The Coalition for Community Schools would like [...]Shital,ShahFri, 08 Oct 2010 17:09:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=372The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced proposal RFP for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for School-Based Health Centers (SBHC) Capital Program. The grant will award funds to support “expanded capacity of SBHCs.” The deadline for applications is December 1, 2010.Maame,AmeyawTue, 05 Oct 2010 21:05:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=360Today Representative Judy Chu, D-CA(32nd District), will introduce the Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement (DIPLOMA) Act. “The DIPLOMA Act helps communities address problems like poor nutrition and abuse – letting every child reach his or her full [...]Shital,ShahWed, 29 Sep 2010 19:04:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=363This week, NBC is hosting “Education Nation” in New York City to shine a light on the state of American education. NBC affiliates are running local education stories. One story to note takes place in Tulsa, OK. Tulsa Public School District is highlighted as making a difference in the lives of studen [...]Shital,ShahWed, 29 Sep 2010 15:18:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=390On September 28th, Elev8 Director Renee Paisano-Trujillo testified before the state Legislative Education Study Committee. Renee’s testified about the importance of the Elev8 full-service community school strategy, and the power of school/community partnerships in preparing students for career, col [...]Maame,AmeyawTue, 28 Sep 2010 23:23:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=361This paper discusses how the- community schools strategy, along with expanded learning time- can help close the achievement gap. The community schools strategy is for all students, especially students who are “educationally disadvantaged.” Shital,ShahWed, 22 Sep 2010 19:15:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=365Many rural communities face a challenge in providing quality education to students. They are confronted with difficult odds- inadequate financing, teacher shortages, and inaccessible or unaffordable services for children and families. In locations with scant resources, community schools provide the [...]Shital,ShahWed, 22 Sep 2010 19:04:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=362On Monday, September 20, the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Education and the Corporation for National and Community Service convened a select group of national education, nonprofit, and faith leaders from across the country who are eager to assist sch [...]Shital,ShahWed, 22 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=357The U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, announced that 21 Promise Neighborhood planning grant winners. These grants will help create plans to provide services that will improve the educational achievement and healthy development of children. Programs will include services from early learning t [...]Shital,ShahTue, 21 Sep 2010 20:12:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=338In response to the overwhelming numbers of Promise Neighborhood applicants, a cadre of organizations has come together to meet their needs by forming the National Neighborhood Alliance. The Coalition for Community Schools will participate in this alliance. The Alliance will serve as a forum for shar [...]Maame,AmeyawTue, 21 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=350The Center for American Progress is hosting an event on Wednesday September 22, 2010 to highlight the community school strategy. Nationwide, educators and policymakers are increasingly looking to community schools to provide students with important in-school supports. The Obama Administration has s [...]Shital,ShahTue, 21 Sep 2010 15:01:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=332Broughal Middle School, in the Bethlehem area school district, is about to become the area’s fourth community school this coming fall. This science and technology focused school will be the first middle school in the United Way of Greater Lehigh Valley’s Compass Community School’s strategy. COMPASS [...]Shital,ShahMon, 20 Sep 2010 21:19:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=331The Children’s Aid Society operates five school-based health centers (SBHC) in Community Schools. The SBHCs address the daily hurdles that affect parents’ ability to seek care for their children by providing comprehensive primary health care to children where they are and when they need it in the sc [...]Maame,AmeyawMon, 20 Sep 2010 21:14:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=327Garfield Primary School recently turning to a new curriculum which strives to connect classroom projects with the community. A community garden has been plotted to begin the integration of the school and the surrounding community. Garfield’s principal, Kevin Curtin believes that these full service c [...]Maame,AmeyawThu, 16 Sep 2010 19:52:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=326We wanted to share this great blog post from the Soapbox Cincinnati written by P.G. Sittenfeld, Director of Community Engagement for The Community Learning Center Institute.Maame,AmeyawFri, 10 Sep 2010 16:51:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=324This article makes the connection between unemployment and education - highlighting a report from the Coalition for Community Schools’ High School Report. Maame,AmeyawThu, 09 Sep 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=325Randi Weingarten, the National President of American Federation of Teachers recently made a trip to Stonewall Jackson Middle School to endorse community schools. Weingarten stated that she supports, “Making a school a center of the neighborhood. Bringing parents in. Bringing wrap-a-round services i [...]Maame,AmeyawWed, 08 Sep 2010 20:16:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=323American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten made a recent trip to Cincinnati to weigh in on the negotiations between the Cincinnati Public Schools and its teachers union as well as to visit some local community schools. She praised the work being done by the local community schools a [...]Maame,AmeyawTue, 07 Sep 2010 20:11:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=322In phase 2 of the Race to the Top grant competition, 9 states and Washington, D.C. have been awarded money from the $4 billion designated for state based education reform. Maame,AmeyawSat, 28 Aug 2010 18:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=320Dana Milbank of the Washington Post recently wrote an article claiming that, in short, President Obama’s education policies are a continuation and expansion of President Bush’s policies that emphasized testing. John Podesta, President of the Center for American Progress responded in the Post that t [...]Shital,ShahThu, 26 Aug 2010 19:14:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=321The 2010 installment of the annual Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup survey of Americans shows widespread and growing public opposition to the primary tenets of the Administration's education agenda. Barely one in five respondents said that "No Child Left Behind" is helping schools in their communities. Also, [...]Shital,ShahThu, 26 Aug 2010 14:35:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=316A recent report, “The Black-White Achievement Gap: When Progress Stopped", from The Educational Testing Service, by Paul E. Barton and Richard J. Coley, explores the persistence of the Black-White achievement gap for students in the United States. The report highlights contributing factors to the fl [...]Maame,AmeyawThu, 19 Aug 2010 18:37:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=310A growing number of children are growing up lacking basic necessities due to poverty, divorce, and teen pregnancy, among other factors. To address this growing problem, Harvard Kennedy School hosted a group of child welfare experts on August 5th to discuss the problems facing impoverished youth in A [...]Maame,AmeyawWed, 11 Aug 2010 21:34:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=345Although Principal Ray Chavez has successfully turned around Apollo Middle School in Tucson, Arizona, he was not satisfied with the success until it reached the entire community sheds its persistently underachieving persona. With the help of the superintendent, Chavez will be opening Apollo as a co [...]Maame,AmeyawSun, 08 Aug 2010 21:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=299Despite raising achievement in schools, Massachusetts still has a significant achievement gap, forcing officials to consider alternative options to continue raising academic achievement. Maame,AmeyawTue, 03 Aug 2010 22:13:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=298In an effort to help close the achievement gap in Newark, NJ, Global Village School Zone will be opening in Fall 2010, combining seven low-achieving schools. The schools are located in an area known as the Central Ward and all have a population of mainly poor black and Hispanic students. The Zone [...]Maame,AmeyawTue, 03 Aug 2010 22:04:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=308Dr. Ira Harkavy, Associate Vice President and founding Director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania and chairman of the Coalition of Community Schools spoke with Patrick Lester of the United Neighborhood Centers of America about the un [...]Shital,ShahTue, 03 Aug 2010 17:26:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=296The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) passed this March may be much more than a landmark national health care reform bill, it may in fact serve as an education reform bill is well. Read Monica Potts article In the Prospect here.Maame,AmeyawMon, 02 Aug 2010 15:11:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=291In his address at the National Urban League’s Centennial Conference, President Obama noted the challenges faced by urban communities hard hit by the recession. His vision: communal engagement for communal improvement.“It’s about investing in that school’s future, and recruiting the whole community t [...]Maame,AmeyawFri, 30 Jul 2010 14:43:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=288Martin Blank, President of Institute for Educational Leadership & Director of the Coalition for Community Schools, responds to Rob Manwaring’s musings about the form of school governance that will come about as Duncan, administration, mandate parental and community involvement in schools. Blank note [...]Maame,AmeyawThu, 29 Jul 2010 23:13:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=281Coalition President Martin Blank responded to a debate among education policymakers about the potential impact of communities and parents on school turn around. Secretary Arne Duncan plans to require community and parent involvement in school turn around in the reauthorization of ESEA. Maame,AmeyawThu, 29 Jul 2010 21:56:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=284On July 27, 2010, U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan addressed an audience at the National Press Club about the Administration’s education agenda. He spoke of a “quiet revolution” taking place at the local level, a groundswell of those not content with the current state of affairs. Maame,AmeyawThu, 29 Jul 2010 21:47:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=277A coalition of civil rights organizations has released the Framework for Providing All Students an Opportunity to Learn cites community schools as strategy to provide opportunities to learn to ALL students. They state, “The best approach to school turnaround is to reinvent low-performing schools as [...]Maame,AmeyawThu, 29 Jul 2010 20:12:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=278In a blog article, New York City teacher Stephen Lazar notes that although many of his students are graduating and heading to college, they are leaving the public school system without a sense of how to deal with the challenging aspects of life. Maame,AmeyawThu, 29 Jul 2010 16:28:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=275The Senate approved $675m for Race to the Top (RttT) program for FY2011. The approval of $675 million is a significant decrease from what the Administration had requested - $1.35 billion. The approved $675 million is $125 million less then what the House approved for RttT earlier in the year. Maame,AmeyawThu, 29 Jul 2010 16:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=274President Obama proposed $210 million for the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative in the upcoming fiscal year. A Senate appropriations subcommittee gutted the proposed spending, reducing it to $20 million, or by ninety percent. This is a huge blow for Promise Neighborhoods, and would require a consider [...]Maame,AmeyawWed, 28 Jul 2010 13:46:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=271Brookings Institute recently released a report, criticizing the success of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ). The authors claim that bundled social services in all schools are ineffective at closing the achievement gap. HCZ President and CEO Geoffrey Canada quickly responded, citing the validity of [...]Maame,AmeyawFri, 23 Jul 2010 20:30:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=264At the 2010 AFT Convention in Seattle, the AFT passed Resolution #75, recognizing the principles of community schools as one of their main priorities. It calls for community school support which would include legislation, funding, and staff development. The Resolution passed with a unanimous vote. [...]Maame,AmeyawWed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=294Journalist Lily Rath, from the Bulletin, highlights how the Oregon Community Foundation is having schools play a larger role in the community. Raff writes that “Community schools are becoming more common around the country. And thanks to a local group with $1 million to spend, a handful of Central O [...]Maame,AmeyawTue, 20 Jul 2010 15:02:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=260The Coalition for Community Schools enthusiastically supports U.S. Sec.of Ed. Arne Duncan’s plans to “require parent and community input” in the Department’s ESEA reauthorization proposal. At the NAACP Annual Convention this week, Duncan acknowledged the critical role of communities and families in [...]Shital,ShahMon, 19 Jul 2010 13:29:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=265The Coalition for Community Schools applauds Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on their introduction of the Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement (DIPLOMA) Act. The legislation authorizes grants to incentivize partnership [...]Shital,ShahFri, 16 Jul 2010 15:54:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=247Does your community school have a school based health center? We've got some good news! The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a new grant: The School-Based Health Center Capital Equipment Grant Program. This grant program will award funds made available by the Patient Prote [...]Shital,ShahThu, 08 Jul 2010 17:38:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=292Dr. Tony Smith, Superintendent of Oakland Unified School District has included the community schools strategy as part of the District’s strategic plan.​Maame,AmeyawWed, 07 Jul 2010 21:39:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=245U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, announced today that DOE received approximately 339 applications for the Promise Neighborhood (PN) Planning grants. He said, "the response from neighborhoods around the country to this opportunity is tremendous. PNs bring all of the Department's strategies [...]Shital,ShahTue, 29 Jun 2010 16:58:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=240This section provides you with the tools needed to create a solid FSCS grant application. Shital,ShahThu, 24 Jun 2010 21:13:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=236While new, Promise Neighborhoods shares a lot in common with the concept of the community school, which has been around for a long time. During this interview, Marty Blank, President of the Institute for Educational Leadership and Director of the Coalition for Community Schools, highlights the comm [...]Shital,ShahMon, 21 Jun 2010 14:03:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=250This issue of The Nation focuses on education. An article by David L. Kirp: Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: Five Big Ideas for Transforming Children's Lives lauds community schools. He argues that with solid evidence of their effectiveness and mounting political support, community schools should be a big [...]Shital,ShahMon, 14 Jun 2010 20:50:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=229During the first in a series of hearings on the State of the American Child, Sen. Dodd (D-CT) announced his plans to create a National Commission for Children. He plans “to introduce legislation to create this Commission in order to regularly and closely examine the needs of American families and id [...]Shital,ShahWed, 09 Jun 2010 16:59:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=225Introduced by House Representative Steny Hoyer (D-Md), to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to: (1) eligible entities to assist public elementary or secondary schools to function as full-service community schools; and (2) [...]Shital,ShahWed, 09 Jun 2010 13:47:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=224The Little Village Community School structure (housing prek-12) is helping address an issue that the school system has struggled with for a long time: how to transition students from their familiar elementary schools to often larger, less controlled high schools. In addition improving transitions, s [...]Shital,ShahTue, 08 Jun 2010 14:23:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=221The Administration's 4 school turnaround models are not sitting well with Congress, as they prepare for the re-authorization of ESEA. Both sides of the isle agree that the models are inflexible, especially for schools in rural areas. They also note lack of emphasis on factors such as the need for [...]Shital,ShahTue, 25 May 2010 14:50:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=219Saba Bireda of the Washington, DC based Center for American Progress recently noted that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, promises to make far-reaching changes to our current health care system - beyond cost. In fact, it is a sign of the growing acknowledgment that integrating health [...]Shital,ShahFri, 21 May 2010 21:07:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=223AFT President Randi Weingarten visited two St. Paul, MN schools, meeting with local education and political leaders to discuss the union’s fight for effective school reforms and efforts to avert drastic education budget cuts. She notes, “Johnson Elementary [an The Achievement Plus school] gets it—sc [...]Shital,ShahThu, 20 May 2010 21:57:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=215The new Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNTS report, "EARLY WARNING! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters," recommends the community schools strategy to help kids read by the end of the 3rd grade. The report states, "the community schools strategy bears mentioning as one of the most preval [...]Shital,ShahWed, 19 May 2010 21:03:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=211African Americans and Latinos still lag behind. A new analysis of U.S. Census data exposes significant gaps in the rates at which blacks and Hispanics earn a high school diploma or college degree. A report from the Brookings Institution, State of Metropolitan America, highlights the continued “dem [...]Shital,ShahMon, 17 May 2010 17:56:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=206The Children’s Aid Society’s early childhood initiative is located in two of our New York City Community Schools, P.S. 5 and P.S. 8, in the Washington Heights section of northern Manhattan. Designed as a partnership between the New York City Department of Education and Children’s Aid, this collabora [...]Shital,ShahMon, 17 May 2010 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=207About 60% of DPS students who performed below their grade level on 2008 standardized tests had elevated lead levels. More than half of the students tested in Detroit Public Schools have a history of lead poisoning, which affects brain function for life, according to data compiled by city health and [...]Shital,ShahMon, 17 May 2010 14:17:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=212This White House Task Force report focuses and expands on what everyone can do together to: create a healthy start on life for our children, from pregnancy through early childhood; empower parents and caregivers to make healthy choices for their families; serve healthier food in schools; ensure acce [...]Shital,ShahWed, 12 May 2010 21:44:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=190Join Ed Sector and a guest of panelists in an on-line discussion, exploring the teacher and leader challenges surrounding the school turnaround issue, including the role of each of their organizations in helping address the human capital needs of low performing schools, and the policy changes that t [...]Shital,ShahMon, 10 May 2010 16:58:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=189America’s Future: Latino Child Well-Being in Numbers and Trends was produced by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). This data book offers a comprehensive overview of the state of Latino children by integrating a range of key factors and outcomes in the a [...]Shital,ShahMon, 10 May 2010 16:41:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=186Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan has been selected the winner of the 2010 Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge. The school, associated with Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo, was chosen out of more than 1,000 applications. President Obama will speak to the school' [...]Shital,ShahMon, 10 May 2010 16:36:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=185U.S. Secretary of Education Duncan announced DOE's proposal to double the amount of federal dollars set aside for family involvement. DOE also proposed allowing states to use federal funds to hold a competition to generate the best local ideas on family involvement. Currently, districts are required [...]Shital,ShahThu, 06 May 2010 16:30:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=193During a panel hosted by the Forum for Education and Democracy, education stakeholders urged lawmakers to come up with federal policies and pedagogical approaches to support effective public schools nationwide. They noted that the Race to the Top funds and upcoming grants are grounded in NCLB. We m [...]Shital,ShahThu, 06 May 2010 16:22:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=183John Goodlad, in his Washington Post blog, notes, "We will never have the schools we need until local communities, educators and their organizations, and policymakers share a common mission for them. And we will never have the world-class schools we seek until the people closest to them and best pre [...]Shital,ShahMon, 03 May 2010 21:57:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=244Department officially launched the Promise Neighborhoods $10m grant program, the first federal initiative to put education at the center of comprehensive efforts to fight poverty in both urban and rural areas. . The Department intends to make up to 20 planning grants, ranging between $400,000 and $ [...]Shital,ShahFri, 30 Apr 2010 13:23:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=180It seems that the Department of Education has placed the Promise Neighborhood RFP in their "Funding Forecast." Per this forecast, the application deadline would be June 21, 2010. If this is the deadline, then the RFP should be out soon. Be on the look out!Shital,ShahThu, 29 Apr 2010 21:58:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=179Education groups are pressing the Obama administration and Congress to include family engagement provisions in the rewrite of the law, which the Education Department had hoped would wend its way through the legislative wickets by July 31. Currently, the "Blueprint" mentions "parents" 5 times. Resear [...]Shital,ShahThu, 29 Apr 2010 19:31:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=17812 major foundations are committing $506m in support of education innovation. Some of these funds will help applicants come up with the matching funds for the U.S. Department of Education's $650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund. The foundations also set up an Internet portal for applying f [...]Shital,ShahThu, 29 Apr 2010 17:22:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=177This Ed Daily article by Kim Riley, argues that school-based supports and prevention services can deter gangs. She notes that "Title I, Part D funds can be used for school-based gang reduction and prevention programs that target students who are at a higher risk of joining a gang." Such programs, fo [...]Shital,ShahWed, 28 Apr 2010 14:09:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=174Secretary Duncan recently held a teleconference with education philanthropists urging them to lend their expertise and know-how to states in preparing their applications for the next phase of the Race to the Top Fund competition. He stated, “Phase 2 applications are due June 1, and we can’t afford t [...]Shital,ShahWed, 28 Apr 2010 13:53:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=173As Congress is readying to renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, lawmakers and the Administration are seeking to address a big flaw in NCLB - too much emphasis on students’ test scores and little attention to their health and other needs. “If you’re going to add all this stuff on, doesn’ [...]Shital,ShahTue, 27 Apr 2010 17:54:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=170This Huffington Post commentary, by Ellen Galinsky, highlights how the achievement gap exists before our youth even enter school, widening as they grow up. How can we address this? Galinsky writes, "There is no question in my mind that we won't be able to address the achievement gap for some of our [...]Shital,ShahTue, 27 Apr 2010 13:51:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=172A decade ago, the strains on elementary students at Thomas A. Edison School were intense: Families worried about their legal status, language barriers, cultural differences, unemployment. Students' life circumstances made it hard to focus on school. Today, the community schools strategy enables Edis [...]Shital,ShahTue, 27 Apr 2010 13:42:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=162This article in the District Administration highlights the types of partnerships between schools and government and nonprofit agencies that the Obama administration and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan are pushing for community schools. Shital,ShahThu, 22 Apr 2010 22:33:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=161During an interview on Face the Nation, U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, noted that “great teachers, great principals, can't do this alone. Parents, the broader community nonprofits, social services, the business community, religious community, everyone has to rally behind the children in e [...]Shital,ShahTue, 20 Apr 2010 19:20:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=160"Nearly 2,500 districts, schools, and nonprofits representing every state have indicated they plan to compete for an Investing in Innovation grant, setting up a furious fight over $650 million in federal economic-stimulus money that’s designed to scale up creative solutions to education’s most vexin [...]Shital,ShahTue, 20 Apr 2010 18:36:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=159The largest-ever federal investment in fixing low-achieving schools is now flowing to states, raising the pressure on district leaders to make tough—and quick—decisions about firing principals, replacing teachers, or shutting down schools entirely. Since March 2010, the U.S. Department of Education [...]Shital,ShahTue, 20 Apr 2010 14:27:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=158Hundreds of youth converged on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, MO to demand more free activities and to extend community center hours. Why are community centers are closing at 5pm? We must extend these hours and offer young people safe spaces and opportunities to engage. Shital,ShahTue, 20 Apr 2010 14:12:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=156Student health will be on the Obama administration’s radar screen as it moves toward ESEA re-authorization, said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, addressing the Coalition for Community Schools’ 2010 national conference in Philadelphia.Shital,ShahThu, 15 Apr 2010 21:55:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=151Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, believes classroom instructors are unfairly scapegoated for the failures of school systems. She visited West Philly High School to learn more about the “community school” model that offers the kind of diverse services and resources [...]Shital,ShahMon, 12 Apr 2010 21:32:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=150Sebelius, the keynote speaker at the two day Coalition of Community Schools' National Forum said school buildings should be a cornerstone of the community, housing health clinics, after school programs and family activities. "These are tax paid institutions, we need to open them up," Sebelius said. [...]Shital,ShahMon, 12 Apr 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=149More than 1,100 school administrators, health-care personnel, parents and community members gathered in Philadelphia to rally around Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius' call to utilize city school buildings as safe havens for families, even after the school bell rings. Sebeliu [...]Shital,ShahFri, 09 Apr 2010 14:37:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=148Marty Blank, Director of the Coalition for Community Schools, discusses the importance of the community schools strategy on Philadelphia's Fox 29 News. He stresses how this strategy addresses the health, social-emotional, as well as academic needs of our youth. The clip also highlights Philadelphia [...]Shital,ShahFri, 09 Apr 2010 14:04:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=147Health problems are increasingly affecting students' ability to learn, particularly in low-income neighborhoods. The new health reform law helps tackle the problem by providing more money for in-school clinics. Community schools across the nation house school based health clinics, helping to decreas [...]Shital,ShahThu, 08 Apr 2010 16:33:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=157Over the past few years, United Way of the Bay Area has focused on new approach to helping children which has been proven to raise test scores and attendance rates in some of the area’s toughest neighborhoods. Called Community School Partnerships, this program brings all kinds of great opportunitie [...]Shital,ShahFri, 02 Apr 2010 21:13:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=145Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers president, and Dennis Van Roekel, National Education Association president, will appear jointly to discuss how community schools are helping to create the conditions for effective teaching and learning. Through the dedicated leadership of AFT and NEA [...]Shital,ShahFri, 02 Apr 2010 18:44:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=144Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will speak Wednesday on the connection between health and student learning, opening a major education conference sponsored by the Coalition for Community Schools. Research highlights this link and demonstrates that 6 “educationally relevant he [...]Shital,ShahFri, 02 Apr 2010 18:35:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=140The Department of Ed and the Administration's Blueprint for Reform is based on feedback from their listening tour. It provides incentives for states to adopt academic standards that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and create accountability systems that measure student growth [...]Shital,ShahMon, 15 Mar 2010 18:33:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=138The competition is open to school districts and nonprofit partners working with a district or consortium of schools. It will provide awards of up to $55 million each. Applications are due in mid-May, with awards to be made in September.Shital,ShahMon, 08 Mar 2010 22:26:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=139The finalists - Colorado, Delaware, the District, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Tennessee - will by vying for the unprecedented $4b. The candidates will come to Washington later this mon [...]Shital,ShahFri, 05 Mar 2010 22:29:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=136The FSCS grant application will be released on March 19, 2010. All applications will be due by May 3, 2010. They will award 8-10 new grants. Comments to the draft guidelines are due by: March 10, 2010. For more information about the Federal Full Service Community Schools grant visit: http://www2.e [...]Shital,ShahThu, 04 Mar 2010 16:41:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=134San Francisco’s public schools will soon join the national Community Schools movement that works to make schools the centers of their community, providing a range of services within the school to students, parents, and community members and a curriculum connected to real-life learning.Shital,ShahWed, 03 Mar 2010 22:36:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=137The campaign will take a comprehensive approach to engage both public and private sectors to help children become more active and eat healthier within a generation. The new inter-agency (ED, AG, HHS, and others) task force will develop a comprehensive inter-agency plan that details a coordinated str [...]Shital,ShahMon, 08 Feb 2010 16:49:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=130President Obama continues to show strong support for the Race to the Top strategy. Today he announced that he will seek to add $1.3 billion in next year’s budget to expand the Race to the Top competition. Read more...Shital,ShahTue, 19 Jan 2010 17:30:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=129The Coalition is one of four National Partners working with United Way World Wide on this AT & T Family Engagement for High School Success initiative. The winning 15 sites will identify best practices for family engagement to boost high school graduation. They will use funds to increase family-commu [...]Shital,ShahWed, 13 Jan 2010 16:36:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=128Students who miss a month in early grades are almost sure to fall behind later. Getting good data on attendance, not just on test scores, is essential to ensuring success in school. Read more...Shital,ShahThu, 07 Jan 2010 18:08:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=127Shawn,IfillWed, 18 Nov 2009 17:36:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=105As nonprofits and CBOs begin applying for Promise Neighborhood monies, Duncan urges, "we want excellent schools to be at the heart of every successful Promise Neighborhood.”Shital,ShahThu, 12 Nov 2009 21:55:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=104Randi Weingarten, AFT President, notes that the best RTT applications "will develop specific supports for students and staff, such as early childhood education, profes­sional development, and community schools that provide wraparound services for students and their families.”Shital,ShahThu, 12 Nov 2009 21:53:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=88Out of 93 Missouri schools in the Kansas City area where at least two-thirds of the students qualify for subsidized lunch, 81 missed the federal benchmarks. But a dozen made it....Find out how. Shital,ShahTue, 13 Oct 2009 19:48:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=94testAmericaneagle,Admin UserMon, 12 Oct 2009 16:17:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=85“Full service community schools provide more than just after-school programs,” said Senator Nelson. “Their objective is to close the achievement gap between minority and non-minority students and to foster community involvement in school improvement efforts.” Lincoln Public Schools in Nebraska has [...]Shital,ShahTue, 06 Oct 2009 18:16:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=83Community Schools Online - [May 12, 2005 Shital,ShahTue, 06 Oct 2009 18:11:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=82Education Daily - May 12, 2005 Shital,ShahTue, 06 Oct 2009 18:08:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=81Access Learning- May 2005 Shital,ShahTue, 06 Oct 2009 18:03:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=93Lincoln Journal Star - May 11, 2005Americaneagle,Admin UserTue, 06 Oct 2009 17:48:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=75Coalition's Comment to the Race to the Top GuidelinesShital,ShahTue, 29 Sep 2009 23:18:00 GMThttp://www.communityschools.org//multimedia/news.aspx?ArticleId=71On Sept. 9th, Jennifer Garner, Majority Leader Hoyer (D-MD), Senator Nelson (D-NE), & Mark Shriver spoke out for Community Schools! Community school advocates gathered on Capitol Hill to witness the re-introduction of the Full Service Community Schools Act (HR 3545). Access the Coalition's press rel [...]Shital,ShahTue, 29 Sep 2009 22:38:00 GMT