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May 2025 Community Schools Newsletter

June 3, 2025

This month, we’re excited to share the latest issue of our Community Schooling journal. We also share new stories from the UCLA Community Schools, a brief on community-based learning, and details about several upcoming community school convenings. Read Our Newsletter

UACS at the National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference

May 23, 2025

We are excited to attend the 2025 National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference. See exciting UACS events below and check out details about the full conference here. UACS National Network ReceptionJoin us for the Third Annual University-Assisted Community Schools…

April 2025 Community Schools Newsletter

May 3, 2025

Stories of student learning and leadership at both UCLA Community Schools kick off this month’s newsletter. We are also excited to release a new report on community teacher retention, a local data use case, and share our recent conference presentations…

Community Teaching: “We Need People Like Ourselves in the Community”

April 29, 2025

Teachers & Teaching

Community schools have long been recognized as a transformative strategy for advancing equity, deepening engagement, and addressing the holistic needs of students. This mixed-methods study, conducted by the UCLA Center for Community Schooling, in partnership with a large urban district…

CCS Presents at Several National Convenings in April

April 29, 2025

Coalition for Community Schools Research Practice Network, April 2 Our team co-presented in a national town hall co-sponsored by the Coalition of Community School’s Research Practice Network and the National Network of University-Assisted Community Schools. Presentations by Ariana Dimagiba, Beth…

Shasta COE Community Connect: A Community Schooling Local Data Use Case

April 18, 2025

Redesigning Schools & Systems, STAC Reports and Resources

The Shasta County Data Use Case explores the creation of a data system in response to an urgent need to address chronic absenteeism. In 2019-2020, the county was facing the highest chronic absenteeism rates in California. Through intensive needs and…

The UCLA Community School’s Quinceañera

April 11, 2025

We are thrilled to share stories from the UCLA Community School’s quinceañera! Read Our Newsletter

The Day After: Our Planning Team’s Reflection

April 9, 2025

By: Brenda Benitez Alcantara, Rebekah Kang, Queena Kim, Karen Hunter Quartz, Wendy Salcedo-Fierro The day arrived after months of preparation. We all joked that we were planning a wedding, not a Quinceañera, because the event had so many moving parts.…

March 2025 Community Schools Newsletter

March 26, 2025

This month we share stories and resources that lift up and celebrate community-based learning and the partnerships that make it possible. We are also delighted to announce a new grant opportunity, an upcoming Quinceañera, as well as several professional learning…

Youth Thriving in Community Schools: Request for Proposals

March 14, 2025

A Research-Practice-Policy Partnership (RP3) ConsortiumWith generous funding from the Youth Thriving Through Learning Fund, we are pleased to announce a new research-practice- policy partnership (RP3) consortium that connects innovative community school redesign efforts with research and policy partners. We invite…

Posts by Center for Community Schooling Team

UACS at the National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference

Community Teaching: “We Need People Like Ourselves in the Community”

CCS Presents at Several National Convenings in April

Shasta COE Community Connect: A Community Schooling Local Data Use Case

The Day After: Our Planning Team’s Reflection

Youth Thriving in Community Schools: Request for Proposals

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