• November 23, 2022

    CLCI Featured in Brookings Community Schools Leader Insights

    Brookings / November 22,2022 CPS started working with Darlene Kamine to develop the community learning centers through neighborhood by neighborhood community engagement in 2000. Kamine subsequently became the executive director of the Community Learning Center Institute (CLCI) in 2009, focusing… Read More

  • November 14, 2022

    CLCI Initiative to Improve Environmental Health

    November 14, 20220 Residents in the Oyler – Lower Price Hill community have faced higher risks from toxic environmental conditions in the City of Cincinnati, including the highest risk of lifetime cancer. These issues can be attributed to the neighborhood’s… Read More

  • August 30, 2022

    CLCI Schools Revitalize Their Neighborhoods

    Our Schools/August 24,2022 When Darlene Kamine tells the story about Oyler School in Cincinnati, Ohio, she also likes to tell the story about the house across the street from the school. Kamine and the group she leads, the Community… Read More

  • August 21, 2022

    Community Learning Center Institute Cited in New Hechinger Report

    Hechinger Report/August 15, 2022 City leaders and others are increasingly aware of the power of community schools as an equity strategy. And equity is needed now more than ever as schools face hardships exacerbated by the pandemic. The ultimate… Read More