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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…

February 2025 Community Schools Newsletter

February 28, 2025

In this month’s newsletter, we feature stories about the power of learning exchanges and research practice partnerships to strengthen community schools. We also share upcoming opportunities to learn from and with our team! Read Our Newsletter

AUHSD 5Cs: A Community Schooling Local Measure Data Use Case

February 3, 2025

Redesigning Schools & Systems, STAC Reports and Resources, Teachers & Teaching

The AUHSD Data Use Case explores the journey of one school district to dream up, implement, and track use of a local measure of whole child learning within their community schooling approach. AUHSD incorporates the 5Cs – creativity, collaboration, communication,…

January 2025 Community Schools Newsletter

February 3, 2025

We recognize that the new year has ushered in many challenges, including the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. We are grateful for support from across the nation. Please consider donating to the LAUSD Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund. To inspire and…

December 2024 Community Schools Newsletter

December 19, 2024

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…

Advancing Equity through Grantmaking

December 12, 2024

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…

California Community Schools Implementation: Assessing Initial Growth and Progress

December 12, 2024

Engaging & Supporting Communities, Redesigning Schools & Systems, STAC Reports and Resources

Based on implementation data from the CCSPP’s first two years, this brief presents six key findings. Overall, grantees are in the process of creating infrastructure to collect, analyze and use data with the school community to improve outcomes for students…

CCSPP APR Data & Insights

December 12, 2024

S-TAC Tableau

The APR Data & Insights portal uses Annual Progress Report data from Year 1 (2022-2023) to Year 3 (2024-2025) to provide site- and LEA-level information on community schools implementation, including progress across the Capacity-Building Strategies, educational partner engagement, the provision of…

Posts by Center for Community Schooling Team

The Day After: Our Planning Team’s Reflection

Youth Thriving in Community Schools: Request for Proposals

AUHSD 5Cs: A Community Schooling Local Measure Data Use Case

Advancing Equity through Grantmaking

California Community Schools Implementation: Assessing Initial Growth and Progress

CCSPP APR Data & Insights

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