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Coalition for Community Schools

The Growing Convergence of Community Schools and Expanded Learning Opportunities

This report captures the scope and nature of expanded learning opportunities in community school partnerships. The report includes a new ELO typology and state-of-the-art ELO practices that community schools are implementing.

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Raising Graduation and College Going Rates: Community High School Case Studies

This report tells the stories of eight community high schools across the country that are changing the curve on high school achievement and preparing students for success in college, careers, and life.

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Partnerships, Not Pushouts: A Guide for School Board Members on Community Partnerships for Student Success

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Nine Elements of Effective School Community Partnerships to Address Student Mental Health, Physical Health, and Overall Wellness

The Coalition for Community Schools and the National Association of School Psychologists outline nine key elements necessary for creating and sustaining effective partnerships to improve student mental health, physical health, and overall wellness.

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Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools (Full Report) and Executive Summary

This report shows how community schools offer a practical and effective strategy for educating all children to their full potential. Outlines and reviews advantages of community schools and conditions for learning that these advantages create based on research.

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Growing Community Schools: The Role of Cross-Boundary Leadership

The 11 communities profiled in this report illustrate how cross boundary leadership helps community schools move from pilot projects to large-scale, community-wide education reform strategies.

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Community Schools: Transforming Struggling Schools into Thriving Schools

This report profiles community schools across the country that are implementing evidence-based strategies to bring together the resources of school, family, and community to make schools stronger and help young people thrive.

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Community Schools: Promoting Student Success – A Rationale and Results Framework

Outlines a rationale for community schools as a primary vehicle for increasing student success and defines specific results that community schools seek both in terms of how they function and in relationship to the wellbeing of students, families, and communities.

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Community Schools Collaborative Leadership Framework

This framework shows how schools, communities and intermediaries can work together, collaboratively to have successful community schools.

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Community Schools are an Essential Equity Strategy

The Coalition for Community Schools has developed a framework to embed an equity focus in existing community schools and to drive community schools forward as an equity strategy.