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Nothing for Us without Us: Community-Led Transformation through Coalition-Building

May 8, 2025

Community Schooling | Issue 7 | Spring 2025 Nothing for Us without Us: Community-Led Transformation through Coalition-Building Rhea Brown, Mountain View School Principal Kyle Weinberg, San Diego Education Association President Kyle Serrette, National Education Association National Education Campaign Manager The…

Student Leadership and Community Engagement at Mountain View

May 8, 2025

Student Agency & Thriving

Community Schooling | Issue 7 | Spring 2025 Student Leadership and Community Engagement at Mountain View Richard Gijon & Christopher Millow, Mountain View School This piece is written by Richard Gijon and Christopher Millow, who co-lead the Leadership Elective at…

Project- and Community-Based Learning at Mountain View: Empowering Young Changemakers through Empathy, Purpose, and Community

May 8, 2025

Teachers & Teaching

Community Schooling | Issue 7| Spring 2025 Project- and Community-Based Learning at Mountain View: Empowering Young Changemakers through Empathy, Purpose, and Community Gaby Pérez-Swanson, San Diego Unified School District Anissa Ruiz, Mountain View School Educators are not just teaching content;…

The Story of Mountain View Community School: Autonomy, Collaboration, and Innovation

May 8, 2025

Engaging & Supporting Communities

Community Schooling | Issue 7 | Spring 2025 The Story of Mountain View Community School: Autonomy, Collaboration and Innovation Rhea Brown, Mountain View School Wendy Ranck-Buhr, San Diego Unified School District Anthony Villasenor, Oregon Episcopal School Erica Diamond, Mountain View…

Culturally Sustaining Multigenerational Art Making

January 15, 2025

Engaging & Supporting Communities

California’s recent historic investments in arts education and community schools have laid a strong foundation for transformational learning. This brief shares findings from two research studies of culturally sustaining multigenerational artmaking at the UCLA Community School, an established K-12 university-assisted…

Transformation is a Collective Journey

April 18, 2024

Community schools unite interest-holders to collectively establish a vision—a guiding North Star—rooted in the vibrant culture, history, language, and identity of each school community and the aspirations they hold for their children and families. In our second post in the…

Spring 2023 Newsletter

May 3, 2023

We are excited to re-launch our Center newsletter this quarter with news about an upcoming study tour, a partnership highlight, and updates on our portfolio of research-practice partnerships. We also invite you to join us at the National Community Schools and Family…

Creating Coherence: Building a Home for Students Experiencing Homelessness in California’s Community Schools

April 25, 2023

Redesigning Schools & Systems

Community Schooling | Issue 4 | Summer 2023 Creating Coherence: Building a Home for Students Experiencing Homelessness in California’s Community Schools Dr. Deborah McKoy, UC Berkeley Center for Cities + Schools An Invisible Population Students experiencing homelessness in California face…

Investing in Youth as Community Leaders

April 25, 2023

Student Agency & Thriving

Community Schooling | Issue 4 | Summer 2023 Investing in Youth as Community Leaders Akayla Matthews, Laiza Eve Reconoco, and Victor Diaz Law and Social Justice Pathway, Oakland High School Through this project we have shown the adults in our…

The Personal is Pedagogical: Student-Led Learning Builds College and Career Skills and Community

April 25, 2023

Teachers & Teaching

Community Schooling | Issue 4 | Summer 2023 The Personal is Pedagogical Student-led Learning Builds College and Career Skills and Community Mallory Logan, Social Studies Teacher, Oakland High School I have engaged my students in a learning experience that uses…

Posts by Center for Community Schooling

Nothing for Us without Us: Community-Led Transformation through Coalition-Building

Student Leadership and Community Engagement at Mountain View

Project- and Community-Based Learning at Mountain View: Empowering Young Changemakers through Empathy, Purpose, and Community

The Story of Mountain View Community School: Autonomy, Collaboration, and Innovation

Culturally Sustaining Multigenerational Art Making

Transformation is a Collective Journey

Creating Coherence: Building a Home for Students Experiencing Homelessness in California’s Community Schools

Investing in Youth as Community Leaders

The Personal is Pedagogical: Student-Led Learning Builds College and Career Skills and Community

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