Category: Community Schools
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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Can Community Schools Rescue a ‘Troubled’ District?
“Why are we still fighting for basic needs?” asked Karen Guzman, a parent and community organizer...
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Why Did Oakland Decide to Shut Down Popular Community Schools?
The Oakland, California, school district touts itself as the nation’s first full-service community...
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How Community Schools Are Helping a Hard-Hit City Dig Out of Tough Times
Days after the GE Transportation plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, announced a round of crippling...
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Sarah Lahm: Why a State Known for Charter Schools Is Now Joining a Nationwide Trend for Community Schools
Minnesota is widely known as the land of 10,000 lakes—actually, there are more than 10,000. But...
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Sarah Lahm: How Increasingly Popular Community Schools Boost Rural America
The often hidden reality of rural schools in America is that a higher percentage of students in...
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Sarah Lahm: In Minnesota’s ‘Most Diverse City,’ Schools Are Addressing the Community’s Deep Trauma
Sizi Goyah, a high school math teacher in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, is overflowing with...
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A Florida School Improved Reading and Math Scores With Streetlights—And Joe Biden Is All For It
“What I’m working on—like making sure students have access to food, clean clothing, and...
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