Full Description
Ferrara, Jacobson, and their colleagues illuminate how community schools become a comprehensive, place-based strategy that both supports high-quality teaching and learning and addresses out-of-school barriers to success. They provide first-hand accounts of how diverse actors, working together, build partnerships between the school and other local entities—higher education institutions, government health and social service agencies, community-based non-profits, and faith-based organizations. These partnerships intentionally seek to provide opportunities and supports that are enjoyed by students in better resourced schools in which the schools' work is routinely (but often invisibly) supplemented by high-capacity communities and families.
Contents
Dedication
Foreword: Dr. Jeannie Oakes, Presidential Professor of Education Equity Emeritus, UCLA, and Senior Fellow in Residence, Learning Policy Institute
Acknowledgements
Introduction
JoAnne Ferrara and Reuben Jacobson
1.The Community Schools Movement: Emergence and Growth Trends
Reuben Jacobson
2.The Imagineers of Community School Leadership
Lynda Tredway, Institute for Educational Leadership, Matthew Militello, East Carolina University
3.Community School Teacher Leaders Enhance Learning
Ellen Pais, Sarah Hurst, Deborah Lowe, Jessica Wadle, Jennifer Carey Rosenbaum, Los Angeles Education Partnership, HAAT
4.Re-imagining Teacher Preparation: The Role of Community Schools
JoAnne Ferrara and Diane Gomez, Manhattanville College
5.The Community School Coordinator: Connecting Hearts and Mission
Lissette Gomez, Children's Aid Society
6.Transformative Family Engagement in Community Schools
Megan Hester, New York University Metro Center,
Natasha Capers, NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
7.The Voices for Equity: Youth Leadership in Oakland Community Schools
Kendra Fehrer and Aurora Lopez, Stanford University, Oakland Unified School District
8.Community School Partnerships and Continuous Improvement
Adeline Ray and Carl Enger, Chicago Public Schools
9.The Role of the School District
Alison McArthur, Tony Majors, and Kelly Noser, Metro Nashville Public Schools
