2024-25 RFK UCLA Community School Annual Report: 15 Years of Growing Together
We’re pleased to share the 2024-2025 Annual Report from the UCLA Community School. Click below to read the full report. REPORT
Announcements
September 2025 Community Schools Newsletter
As students and educators settle into the school year, we share news of an upcoming documentary, our latest brief on how community schools can use data to support student wellness,…
Val Verde Unified School District: Leveraging Local Data to Improve Student Well-Being
The Val Verde Unified School District Data Use Case explores the establishment of Wellness Centers across its school sites—quiet, safe spaces that students can visit for a designated period during…
CCSPP Year 2 Growth and Progress Report
This comprehensive report highlights how schools and districts across California are advancing the community schools approach, integrating academics, health, social services, and family partnerships to support the whole child. Drawing…
“You Can’t Talk About the Whole Child Without the Whole Teacher”: How Two Districts Support Whole Teacher Development in the United States and Canada
This article was published in the International Journal of Teacher Leadership as part of a special issue on teacher well-being . The article takes a deep dive into what it…
UACS at the National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference
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…
Community Teaching: “We Need People Like Ourselves in the Community”
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…
CCS Presents at Several National Convenings in April
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…
Shasta COE Community Connect: A Community Schooling Local Data Use Case
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…
Youth Thriving in Community Schools: Request for Proposals
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…
