Empowered Leadership
Community Schooling | Issue 3 | Fall 2022 Empowered Leadership Bull City Community Schools Partnership Leadership looks different in a community school model. We work really hard to create an…
Teachers & Teaching
Community Science Teaching at Mann UCLA Community School
Community Schooling | Issue 2 | Spring 2022 Community Science Teaching at Mann UCLA Community School Darlene Tieu, Shriya Venkatesh, Mann UCLA Community School Heather Clark, Symone Gyles, University of…
Community Teachers: Taking Ownership of Whole Child Educational Practices
This report, co-authored by community school practitioners, focuses on the work of educators within community schools in developing, implementing and owning whole-child educational practices. Practitioners from five “veteran” community schools…
Community Teachers: Taking Ownership of Whole Child Educational Practices
Community Schooling | Issue 1 | Fall 2021 Community Teachers: Taking Ownership of Whole Child Educational Practices Marisa Saunders, University of California, Los Angeles Darlene Tieu, Roberto Vega, Rosa Jimenez,…
Creating a Workplace Culture that Sustains Social Justice Educators
This chapter, “UCLA Community School: Creating a Workplace Culture that Sustains Social Justice Educators”, was published in Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators in 2021. The chapter tells the story…
Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators in Urban Schools
Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators spotlights the challenging and necessary work of fostering social justice in schools. Integral to this work are the teachers and school leaders who enact…
Collaborative Leadership as the Cornerstone of Community Schools Policy, Structures, and Practice
This brief describes the practices, policies, and structures that support UCLA Community School’s vision and commitment to collaborative decision-making. The brief demonstrates how collaborative leadership serves to mediate the integration…
Integrated Data Systems: Informing Student Supports in Community Schools
Equitably supporting student and family needs at the school level requires intentional delivery of services and careful monitoring of associated student outcomes. This brief documents the efforts of two university-assisted…
Using Multiple Measures of Teaching Quality to Strengthen Teacher Preparation
We argue that teacher preparation programs considering approaches to assess teaching quality should choose measures that appropriately represent the complexity of teaching, have formative value in supporting teacher candidates develop…
Community-Based Learning in the Time of COVID-19
This blog post is part of LPI’s Learning in the Time of COVID-19 blog series, which explores evidence-based and equity-focused strategies and investments to address the crisis and build long-term…
