American Teacher / March/April 2012 Study Confirms the Value of Combining Resources in Local Schools
In a new report, the Center for American Progress and the Institute for Educational Leadership show how many community schools are reaching beyond traditional academics and, by partnering with outside organizations, are providing the support students need to come to school ready to learn…
The report describes how these systems work best, citing examples of seven specific programs and explaining how they were successfully initiated and how they are sustained. At a presentation on the new report, representatives from three jurisdictions using community schools – among them Julie Sellers, president of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers – discussed their trials and triumphs with the report’s authors.
