Spring 2023 Newsletter
We are excited to re-launch our Center newsletter this quarter with news about an upcoming study tour, a partnership highlight, and updates on our portfolio of research-practice partnerships. We also invite you…
NEWS
UCLA Community School Principal Featured In Community School Leadership
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…
Announcing Issue 3 Of Our Community Schooling Journal
As journalists across the country cover community schools as “a growing phenomenon in the educational landscape,” the spotlight is often on wraparound services as a COVID recovery strategy. Yet, in…
UCLA Community School Principal Honored At Teacher-Powered Conference
Queena Kim, Principal of the UCLA Community School, received the 2022 Teacher-Powered Schools Extraordinary Achievement Award at the Teacher-Powered Schools Conference in Minneapolis, in November. Associated Administrators of Los Angeles…
Students from Mann and UCLA Community School illuminate Best Practices for Meaningful Student Engagement
For the last few months, students from Mann UCLA Community School and UCLA Community School engaged with researchers from the Institute for Educational Leadership to identify and illuminate best practices…
Center for Community Schooling to Co-Lead TA Effort for California Community Schools
On Wednesday, May 18th, the State Board of Education unanimously approved the appointment of Alameda County Office of Education and the UCLA Center for Community Schooling to serve as the…
Announcing Issue 2 of Our Community Schooling Journal
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.
Orange County Study Tour
On April 8, 2022, the UCLA Center for Community Schooling was pleased to host an in-person study tour for mental health professionals from the Orange County Department of Education. The…
