Connecting Schools & Communities
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New report showing how city-wide systems expand OST services for youth.
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Report showcasing three urban community schools that are using expand learning time programs to increase student performance and related policy implications.
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Report showing how community schools can be a powerful reform strategy reinvigorating rural schools.
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This brief discusses the benefits that students reap when schools form partnerships with their surrounding communities.
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Building a Community School offers relevant data on the advantages of the Community Schools model and practical help with many of the challenges educators are likely to face when starting one.
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This report by the National Research Council examines national and local experiences with community interventions and programs for youth and assesses their strengths and limitations in promoting adolescent health, development, and well-being. It offers a framework and research agenda for a broad audience of policymakers, researchers, service providers, and community leaders to promote the healthy development of the nation's youth.
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This paper attempts to help educators and community builders understand one another, to describe strategies that work to guide better interactions, and to offer recommendations for future joint efforts.
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Evaluation of Community Schools: Findings to Date summarizes data from available evaluations of community school initiatives.
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This article discusses the benefits, challenges, and commonalities of community schools.
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Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools examines the impact of 20 community school initiatives across the country.
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This assessment tool contains a series of checklists to assist schools and community leaders in creating and/or strengthening community school partnerships.
