Full Description
Ferrara and Jacobson go inside community schools across the country to explore the different roles that make this collaborative education reform work. This book provides practitioners, policymakers, family members, youth, and local leaders a greater understanding of the different roles that make up a community school and tools for action. Built on years of practice, research, and continuous improvement, community schools are an innovative, effective, and grassroots strategy for bringing schools and communities together in order to improve outcomes for students, families, and communities. This education reform is growing as school site, local, and state leaders seek collaborative solutions to our schools' most persistent challenges. The contributors, experts in the field, represent a diverse group of people with longstanding commitments to the community school strategy. From principals to family members, from community partners to teachers, this book illustrates how together, we all have a part to play in the development of successful community schools.
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
The Community Schools Movement: Emergence and Growth Trends Reuben Jacobson
The Imagineers of Community School LeadershipLynda Tredway, Institute for Educational Leadership, Matthew Militello, East Carolina University
Community School Teacher Leaders Enhance LearningEllen Pais, Sarah Hurst, Deborah Lowe, Jessica Wadle, Jennifer Carey Rosenbaum, Los Angeles Education Partnership, HAAT
Re-imagining Teacher Preparation: The Role of Community Schools JoAnne Ferrara and Diane Gomez, Manhattanville College
The Community School Coordinator: Connecting Hearts and Mission Lissette Gomez, Children's Aid Society
Transformative Family Engagement in Community SchoolsMegan Hester, New York University Metro Center,
Natasha Capers, NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
The Voices for Equity: Youth Leadership in Oakland Community SchoolsKendra Fehrer and Aurora Lopez, Stanford University, Oakland Unified School District
Community School Partnerships and Continuous Improvement Adeline Ray and Carl Enger, Chicago Public Schools
The Role of the School District Alison McArthur, Tony Majors, and Kelly Noser, Metro Nashville Public Schools
