Center for American Progress / January 2012 Ethel Taylor Academy and Pleasant Ridge Montessori, two of Cincinnat’s outstanding community learning centers, were featured in a recently published study which found that by making schools the hubs of their communities and engaging a range of partners with expertise and resources that schools do not have, community schools support students’ needs and boost their learning.
A recent report from the Center for American Progress documents this finding: community schools that lighten the load for teachers in high-poverty schools by alleviating these problems can greatly improve teacher effectiveness. Not only are teachers better day-to-day instructors, these supports also increase the odds that the good ones will want to stay, rather than leaving at the high rates they do in schools that fail to provide such supports.