Queena Kim is passionate about community. She lives a mile from the school that she leads and is an active member of her local church and civic organizations. As principal of the UCLA Community School, a K–12 public school in…
Community schools bring together resources, supports and partners to transform the learning of all students, especially our most vulnerable. In our fourth issue, we share a story of transformation from Oakland, California. Told from the complementary perspectives of three students,…
This report, co-authored by researchers at the UCLA Center for Community Schooling and the University of South Carolina, describes in rich detail how two districts—Surrey Schools (BC) and Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD)—create the learning environments and learning experiences…
This article describes the potential for schools to transform health trajectories through interventions creating positive and supportive school climates. In addition, new models such as the Whole School Whole Community Whole Child Model promote whole child well-being, including cognitive, social,…
Community schools are poised to address a range of issues, including the impact of immigration policy, through integrated student supports by taking an asset-based perspective that views community members and organizations as powerful constituents in the struggle for educational equity.…
Scholarship on the intersection between immigration, legal status, and education has grown over the past decade. Given that schools are intended to be purveyors of democratic values, schools represent an ideal context to examine how immigration and legal status are…
This report, co-authored by community school practitioners, focuses on the work of educators within community schools in developing, implementing and owning whole-child educational practices. Practitioners from five “veteran” community schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LA Unified) explore…