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3 months ago

Community by Design: Charter Flexibility, CCSPP Support, and Gateway’s Community Schools Vision

Community Schooling | Issue 8 | Fall 2025 Community by Design: Charter Flexibility, CCSPP Support, and Gateway’s Community Schools Vision Jason Sample, Superintendent & CEO, Gateway Community Charters When community…

3 months ago

Voices That Soar

Community Schooling | Issue 8 | Fall 2025 Voices that Soar Michaela Thomas, Teacher at Higher Learning Academy, Gateway Community Charters Kristina Kress, Program Coordinator, Capitol-Placer R-TAC This issue’s teacher…

3 months ago

Community Outreach Academy of the Arts: Highlighting Community School Practices and Refugee Support Work

Community Schooling | Issue 8 | Fall 2025 Community Outreach Academy of the Arts: Highlighting Community School Practices and Refugee Work Larissa Gonchar, Principal, and Roman Prishlyak, Vice Principal Community…

4 months ago

Ontario-Montclair School District: Leveraging Local Data to Improve Student Attendance & Outcomes

The Ontario-Montclair School District Data Use Case explores the efforts of Lincoln Elementary School to increase overall attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism. Lincoln met their goal through a holistic, data-informed, and…

5 months ago

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…

10 months ago

Nothing for Us without Us: Community-Led Transformation through Coalition-Building

Community Schooling | Issue 7 | Spring 2025 Nothing for Us without Us: Community-Led Transformation through Coalition-Building Rhea Brown, Mountain View School Principal Kyle Weinberg, San Diego Education Association President…

1 year ago

Culturally Sustaining Multigenerational Art Making

California’s recent historic investments in arts education and community schools have laid a strong foundation for transformational learning. This brief shares findings from two research studies of culturally sustaining multigenerational…

2 years ago

Bringing a Graduate Profile to Life

Community Schooling | Issue 5 | Spring 2024 Bringing a Graduate Profile to Life Michael Matsuda, Superintendent, Anaheim Union High School District and John Larmer, Defined Learning About the Brief…

2 years ago

Supporting College Persistence: Lessons from a College Transition Class

In this research brief, the authors describe efforts of a longstanding Research Practice Partnership (RPP) to study and improve the UCLA Community School’s college going culture. As undergraduate research interns…

3 years ago

Creating Coherence: Building a Home for Students Experiencing Homelessness in California’s Community Schools

Community Schooling | Issue 4 | Summer 2023 Creating Coherence: Building a Home for Students Experiencing Homelessness in California’s Community Schools Dr. Deborah McKoy, UC Berkeley Center for Cities +…

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