These publications highlight the vital role teachers play in advancing the goals of community schools. Drawing on research and practice, they explore how educators serve as instructional leaders, collaborators, and agents of change. Focused on culturally sustaining and community-responsive teaching, these publications provide insights into how teaching can drive school transformation and support student and family success.
These publications highlight how community schools serve as powerful hubs for healing, learning, and collective action by engaging families and communities as co-educators, leaders, and advocates. From multigenerational artmaking and immigrant legal clinics to anti-racist curriculum design and integrated student support systems, these publications illustrate what’s possible when schools actively partner with communities to address students’ holistic needs.
Grounded in research-practice partnerships at UCLA Community Schools and beyond, these publications examine how students develop voice, purpose, and the skills to navigate complex systems. From cultivating play and biliteracy in the early years to designing high school internships and tracking college-going outcomes, reports highlight efforts to center students’ lived experiences, cultural assets, and aspirations.
