Posts by Center for Community Schooling Team

February 2025 Community Schools Newsletter

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
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January 2025 Community Schools Newsletter

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…
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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 Data & Insights

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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…
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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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