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Educators and Community Sharing Responsibility for Student Learning, Martin J. Blank & Bela P. Shah, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Info brief (January 2004)
This report looks at what the research tells us about how community schools help young people to succeed. According to the Coalition for Community Schools, which reviewed research across multiple disciplines — education, health, mental health, youth development, family support, family involvement, and community development — effective schools focus on addressing five specific conditions for learning.
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publications are available in the Roundtable resource library:
Nurturing Strong Full Service Schools: Building Bridges to the Community (2002)
A report on the May 2002 Full Service Schools conference, focusing on the conference themes of bridge building between schools and communities; the report also summarizes the five year series of Full Service Schools conferences.
Building Strong Full Service and Community Schools: Leadership and Collaboration (2001)
A report on the March 2001 Full Service Schools conference, focusing on the conference themes of leadership and collaboration.
A report on the conference, “Building Strong Full Service Schools,” Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Graduate School of Education (May 2000)
A report on the May 2000 Full Service Schools conference, focusing on the conference themes of practice, policy, and training.
New Practices and Policies for Children, Youth, and Families (1999)
A report on the March 1999 Full Service Schools conference, focusing on the conference themes of Transformation and What Are We Learning?
School-Based Programs Fostering Growth and Development for Children and Families in Boston and Cambridge (1999)
A report on the January 1999 conference, focusing on fostering resilience in children and developing effective preventive programs for schools.
Exploring Collaborative School Services and Interprofessional Training Programs (1997)
A two-part report considering specific challenges confronting those integrating services for children into schools; a variety of case examples illustrate the broad issues discussed.
A Brief Overview, The Home for Little Wanderers
Boston Excels was Boston Children Institute's education reform initiative collaborating with BPS to make the larger child welfare system more effective in its effort to serve children. This report provides an overview of the philosophy of the program, its main components, evaluation and dissemination, and the Excel outcomes.
California Center for Community School Partnerships, Healthy Start Office
Designed for both new and veteran community school partners seeking to create and maintain sustainable partner relationships. The module is a comprehensive tool kit with a guidebook, charts, and a CD-ROM. Copies available for $50 at 530-752-1277or go to http://ccc-sp.ucdavis.edu.
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