Tag: Community Schools

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Shared Leadership and Collective Decision-Making in Community Schools

California Partnership for the Future of Learning

In this video, students, parents, organizers, district leaders, and advocates highlight shared decisionmaking as a critical component of community schools.

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Community Schools in Los Angeles Unified: Transforming Teaching and Learning

Learning Policy Institute

This report examines how Los Angeles Unified built system-level supports for community schools while advancing inclusive environments, project-based learning, and career-connected high school pathways.

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Oakland High School Redesign: How a Community-Centered Campus Created Pathways for Student Success

Learning Policy Institute

This brief profiles Oakland High School’s integration of community schools, Linked Learning pathways, dual enrollment, wellness supports, and authentic learning to improve student success.

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Community Schools in Lynwood Unified: Building Capacity for Districtwide Implementation

Learning Policy Institute

This report examines how Lynwood Unified rapidly scaled community schools districtwide by defining and developing the capacity of coordinators and aligning services around student and family needs.

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education

Public Policy Institute of California

PPIC's annual statewide survey measures Californians’ views on public education, school quality and funding, chronic absenteeism, community schools, and other important topics.

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Community Schools in Rural California: Leveraging Shared Resources in West Kern County

Learning Policy Institute

This case study examines how a cross-district collaborative in Kern County leveraged shared resources to implement the community schools strategy in support of student success and well-being in a rural context.

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District Supports for Community Schools: How Systems Can Enable High-Quality Implementation

Learning Policy Institute

This brief synthesizes findings from case studies of three LEAs that support urban and rural community school networks, highlighting how they have supported and scaled effective community schools implementation in their unique settings.

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A New Vision for Adolescent Learning and Well-Being

In this study, Sarah Fine, Santiago Rincón-Gallardo, and Michael Fullan examine the pioneering work of six California education systems—Lindsay Unified, Oakland Unified, Fresno Unified, Shasta County Office of Education, Monterey Peninsula Unified, and Anaheim Union High School District—that leveraged an influx of state funding to drive systemic transformations in secondary education.

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Community-Connected Redesign at Fremont High School

Learning Policy Institute

This brief tells the story of Fremont High School's redesign journey from an isolated campus with severe underenrollment to a vibrant community school where students have access to authentic, community-connected learning and families hold power on campus.

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Community Schools Impact on Student Outcomes: Evidence From California

Learning Policy Institute

This study evaluates the impact of the California Community Schools Partnership Program on student outcomes, including attendance, suspensions, and academic achievement.

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Community Schools Certification: An Approach for Implementation

Learning Policy Institute

As community schools increasingly operate at scale, this report describes how the process of certification can guide learning and support quality implementation across a system.

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Developing a Healthy School Climate in Community Schools

Learning Policy Institute

This report highlights five key dimensions of healthy school climate, offers research-based strategies to develop a healthy climate in community schools, and shares concrete illustrations of climate-oriented, high-leverage practices being implemented in existing community schools.

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Rooted in Oakland: A Community School Takes Shape

Community Concern Films

This short film tells the story of Fremont High School, and the work of the school community to reimagine itself to better meet the needs of students, families, and educators.

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Districts must empower teachers to lead the way for whole-child education

University of South Carolina, College of Education

An op-ed arguing for and offering creative suggestions for schools to adopt whole-child approaches.

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Community Schools Story Map

Partnership for the Future of Learning

An interactive map of stories about community schools and the impact they're having across the United States.

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The 2023 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda

Children Now

A comprehensive state-level policy roadmap to ensure that all California children have the necessary supports to reach their full potential.

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The District’s Role in Community School Development

Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)

A policy brief providing guidance for district leaders on approaches to shifting their own leadership to support flourishing community schools.

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Community Schooling Issue 4

Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development

A multimedia publication from the UCLA Center for Community Schooling featuring public scholarship to inform the collective struggle for democracy, justice, and public education.

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Beyond Teacher Leadership: The Role of Teachers as Learners, Innovators, and Designers for Whole Child Education

University of South Carolina, College of Education

An exploratory case study sharing the stories and strategies of two school districts that are committed to student-led learning, community schooling, and whole child education as well as supporting teachers as leaders.

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Realizing the Promise of LCFF: Recommendations from the First Ten Years

Public Advocates

A report presenting recommendations for improving implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula.

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