The global pandemic has renewed public interest in the community schools approach, a century old reform movement that centers the school in the strengths and needs of local neighborhoods. This movement is often framed as an effort to provide wrap-around services such as health and after-school programs. Community schools also represent a radical rethinking of who has knowledge, how young people learn, and how teachers teach. To support this rethinking, we are launching a new multi-media, open access journal with four features: School Cases, Teacher Scholarship, Youth Research, and Policy ABCs.
Commentary/Blog
Finding Our Voices and Our Research Skills During the Pandemic
We are members of UCLA Community School’s Student Advisory Board. When the coronavirus changed life as we knew it, we came together to be sure that student voices were heard…
Appreciating Teachers’ Instructional Vision
By: Karen Hunter Quartz, Marisa Saunders, Clémence Darriet, Becky French & Cicely Bingener This past week has been “Teacher Appreciation Week.” But after a pandemic year in which many teachers worked…
Building a Supportive Space for Black Students: UCLA Community School’s Black Student Union
By: Samantha Hill UCLA Community School’s mission is to prepare all students to live rich and meaningful lives through a supportive community. The educators at UCLA Community School (UCLA-CS) make…
“We are brilliant. We are changemakers.” LAUSD School Board Commits to Black Student Achievement and the Promise of Community Schools
By Students Deserve Abolitionist Educators Led by Black young people across the Los Angeles Unified School District, students, teachers and parents at the UCLA Community School and Mann UCLA Community…
Mann-UCLA Anti-Racist Committee: Making Anti-Racism Part of Our DNA
By Ung-Sang Lee and Marcus Van We at Mann UCLA Community School have always held racial justice as part of our core vision. Given the heightened awareness of police violence…
Embracing Hope and Opportunity Amidst a Pandemic
By Ariana Dimagiba, Bella Martinez (left), and Nyslai Bolanos (right) This November students across the district and state will be submitting their college applications to California’s public universities. While this…
Seizing the Moment to Transform Education
By Marisa Saunders and Karen Hunter Quartz Back to School Artwork by Miguel, Ms. Gallardo’s Den 1 Class The back-to-school challenge is enormous: re-engage students and families in learning online,…
Partnering through Art to Imagine Bright Futures
By:Nawal Salim, Patricia Rivas, Children’s InstituteBlanca Campos Montoya, Mann UCLA Community Schoolwith Marisa Saunders, UCLA Center for Community Schooling Beginning in June, a group approximately 20 rising sophomores and juniors…
We Will Never Walk Alone
By Hector Almendarez I am a high school senior graduating from UCLA Community School (UCLA CS) located in Koreatown in Central Los Angeles. UCLA CS is what I called my…
