Posts by Center for Community Schooling Team

Center for Community Schooling Team
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December 2024 Community Schools Newsletter

As the year comes to a close, we are excited to release a new research brief, blog, and visualization on the initial implementation of the California Community Schools Partnership Program. We also share a special issue of UCLA’s Ed&IS magazine…
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Advancing Equity through Grantmaking

By Andrés Fernandez Vergara, UCLA Center for Community Schooling In May 2024, California’s State Board of Education approved a third round of implementation grants for the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP), bringing the total number of funded community schools…
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CCSPP APR Visualization

In our role as the S-TAC data lead, we created interactive data visualizations using Annual Progress Report data from the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years. Grantees can explore APR data related to many dimensions of community schooling including the CCSPP…
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November 2024 Community Schools Newsletter

This month we are thankful for the support, solidarity, and transformational work of community schools across our nation. We are excited to share a post-election message from student leaders at the UCLA Community School along with several updates about the…
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October 2024 Community Schools Newsletter

In anticipation of the election next week, we are excited to share an interview with Dr. Marisa Saunders, released by the National Education Policy Center. This month, we are also releasing new reports about the work of our two UCLA Community Schools as…
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Annual Progress Report Findings: 2022-2023

The CCSPP APR serves as a tool to assess implementation efforts, and to encourage reflection as part of an ongoing process of continuous improvement. This report presents findings based on APR responses from CCSPP implementation grantees in Year 1, encompassing…
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Deep Dive Strategy Report: Cohort 1

The S-TAC adopted a “Deep Dive” strategy to study and support CCSPP implementation across different Local Education Agencies (LEAs) or consortia. These “transformation zones” represent a vertical slice of the initiative’s implementation that captures what is happening “from the classroom…
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September 2024 Community Schools Newsletter

This month we are excited to release the latest issue of our Community Schooling journal–highlighting rural community schools in Shasta County, California. We also share stories from the UCLA Community Schools and news of an upcoming convening of the University-Assisted…
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August 2024 Community Schools Newsletter

This month we share stories from the first day of school at the UCLA Community Schools! We also share a study tour invitation, an update from our work with the State Transformational Assistance Center, and information about an upcoming convening…
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