Community Schools
Student Well-Being & Movement
Baltimore Sweeps Awards for Top Community Schools
Baltimore City Public Schools received the most honors in the country from the Coalition for Community Schools for developing school and community partnerships that have improved student achievement as well as the health and well-being of students and their families.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Leader To Learn From
Confronting Poverty's Challenges, a District Regains Academic Footing
Superintendent Tiffany Anderson draws on community resources to alleviate obstacles to learning in the high-poverty Jennings, Mo., school district. She is recognized as a 2015 Leader To Learn From.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Federal Grants to Transform Schools Into Community Hubs
Nine school and community partnerships each received about $500,000 in Full-Service Community Schools grants from the U.S. Department of Education to transform their schools into community centers that provide social, health, economic, and academic support to students and their families.
Federal
Opinion
A Bipartisan Argument for Full-Service Community Schools
U.S. Reps. Steny H. Hoyer, a Democrat, and Aaron Schock, a Republican, introduced a bill last week that would create a competitive-grant program to expand such schools.
Federal
Bipartisan House Bill Would Boost Community Schools
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, of Maryland, and Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., introduced a bill Wednesday that would boost community schools that provide important wraparound services.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Expanding Community Schools Focus of New York City Initiative
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $52 million effort to turn 40 struggling schools into community hubs that provide health and social services to students and their families.
School & District Management
Report Roundup
Community Schools
A group of national education organizations has released a guide that is designed to encourage school board members to leverage community partnerships to meet the social, emotional, and academic needs of individual students.
Education
UCLA Report Urges Caution on Community-School Approach
A report by a UCLA research center criticizes models that rely on nonprofit organizations to partner with schools and community services such as health clinics in order to provide services to at-risk students.
Assessment
Report Roundup
Community Schools
A report by Child Trends finds promise in community schools, which seek to boost academic performance by offering mentoring, counseling, health care, and other wraparound services that extend well beyond the classroom.
Teaching
Research Review Gives Thumbs Up to Community Schools Approach
A Child Trends report finds promising results for schools that offer wraparound services such as mentoring, counseling, and healthcare, an approach touted by New York City's new mayor.
Student Achievement
Report Examines Community Schools and Expanded Learning Opportunities
A new study reveals the mutually beneficial interaction between community schools and expanded learning opportunities and highlights best practices.
Education
Detroit Adds 21 Community School Sites
Attention to the community schools model as a school turnaround strategy is growing.
School & District Management
Opinion
Community Schools: A Worthwhile Investment
New research shows the dollar value of investing in community schools, Cheryl Hayes and Richard Buery Jr. write.
School & District Management
Opinion
Community Schools: A Model for the Middle Grades
Building a community-schools model around middle school students is making a difference, four leaders of the program write.