Category: Community Schools
Chicago Teachers Want to Transform Their City into a ‘System of Care’—Will Dems Go Along?
There was an ironic moment in former President Barack Obama’s speech at the 2024 Democratic...
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Community Schools Are A ‘Game Changer’ For Students In This Big-City School District
Dawn Sydnor Cole, principal at Morrill Math and Science Elementary School in Chicago, has been...
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After Years of Failed Education Reforms, Chicago Embraces Community Schools
“Until now, we haven’t even tried to make big-city school districts work, especially for children...
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Rising Talk of School Closures Fuels Expansion of the Community Schools Movement
Judging by a rash of news reports beginning in late 2023, communities across the country may be...
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The Community Schools Movement Is Running Headlong Into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Hard-Right Agenda
“I do what I think is best for kids,” said Lauren Leto, a career public school educator at Brandon...
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Why Some Schools Are a Step Ahead in Addressing Student Mental Health Needs
It seems that no community may be immune to what many are calling a national mental health crisis...
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Why Society Is Increasingly Turning to Community Schools to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis
Kaci Rodriguez knew her son was struggling mentally. His behavior was increasingly impulsive. He...
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How Community Schools Can Fix a Growing Student Absentee Rate
School absentee rates that increased dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have...
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How LA’s Teachers Are Making Good on Their Promise to Support Community Schools
“We should have been miserable,” said Emily Grijalva, recalling the first days of the 2019 strike...
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An Unlikely City in the South Could Be Home to a Public Education Renaissance
Before it got national headlines about its severe water crisis, Jackson, Mississippi, was much...
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Community Schools Can Revitalize the Neighborhoods Around Them
When Darlene Kamine tells the story about Oyler School in Cincinnati, Ohio, she also likes to tell...
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Are Community Schools the Last, Best Shot at Addressing Education Inequity?
When Tiffany Allen and her husband first moved to a house in Montgomery County, Maryland, their...
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