Engaging & Supporting Communities

8 months ago

The Story of Mountain View Community School: Autonomy, Collaboration, and Innovation

Community Schooling | Issue 7 | Spring 2025 The Story of Mountain View Community School: Autonomy, Collaboration and Innovation Rhea Brown, Mountain View School Wendy Ranck-Buhr, San Diego Unified School…

12 months 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…

1 year ago

California Community Schools Implementation: Assessing Initial Growth and Progress

Based on implementation data from the CCSPP’s first two years, this brief presents six key findings. Overall, grantees are in the process of creating infrastructure to collect, analyze and use…

1 year ago

Igo-Ono Elementary School: Support, Connection, and Lasting Impact

Community Schooling | Issue 6 | Fall 2024 Igo-Ono Elementary School Support, Connection, and Lasting Impact Kerri Schuette, Director of Communications, Shasta County Office of Education Schools have always had…

2 years ago

Empathy, Hope Dealing, and Student Voice: An Interview with Principal Jose Lara of Gilbert High School

Community Schooling | Issue 5 | Spring 2024 Empathy, Hope Dealing, and Student Voice: An Interview with Principal Jose Lara of Gilbert High School Jose Lara, Principal, Gilbert High School…

2 years ago

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…

3 years ago

Oakland High School: Student Agency, Partnership, and Dignity

Community Schooling | Issue 4 | Summer 2023 Oakland High School Student Agency, Partnership, and Dignity Lucetricia M. Anderson, McKinney-Vento Liaison, Oakland Unified School District Lauren Kinnard, Graduate Student Researcher,…

3 years ago

Lakewood Elementary School: Community Organizing, Inclusive Leadership, and Trust

Community Schooling | Issue 3 | Fall 2022 Lakewood Elementary School Community Organizing, Inclusive Leadership and Trust Alec Greenwald, Duke University Xavier L. Cason, Durham Public Schools Foundation We are…

4 years ago

Horace Mann UCLA Community School: Stability, Agency, and Love

Community Schooling | Issue 2 | Spring 2022 Horace Mann UCLA Community School Stability, Agency, and Love Greg Amelio, Horace Mann UCLA Community School Karen Hunter Quartz, University of California,…

4 years ago

Multigenerational Art Making at a Community School: A Case of Transformative Parent Engagement

In this article, published in Harvard Ed Review, authors describe the transformative parent engagement fostered in a multigenerational afterschool arts program at a community school. Community schools bring together families, teachers,…

Engaging & Supporting Communities

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST