Education policymakers working to address the impacts of growing economic and racial
inequality on students often look to community schools as an effective approach for …

School attendance and school completion are important benchmarks of successful
development. Unfortunately, school absenteeism and school dropout remain debilitating …

This brief examines the research on community schools, with two primary emphases. First, it
explores whether the 2015 federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) opens the possibility …

This report follows up on the book" Leapfrogging Inequality: Remaking Education to Help
Young People Thrive," published in 2018 by the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the …

Although a substantial body of evidence documents the potential effectiveness of the
community school strategy, we are still determining why community schools have shown …

Evaluative thinking (ET) is a construct of growing interest in education research due to its
potential influence on the implementation of strategies, initiatives, and interventions. It is of …

Abstract The Building Connections: Schools as Community Hubs project is concerned with
increasing social value within communities through understanding the development, merit …

This chapter considers what rural is, the nature of rural identity, the advantages of rural life
and rural schools, and how rural counseling can find opportunities within the dilemmas …

External influences explain two-thirds of the income-based student “achievement gap” with
parent engagement being especially important. Yet, public school improvements focus on …

This comparative case study concerns the daily work of community school coordinators and
the challenges that they face. Informed by a conceptual framework based on organizational …