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Burch, Patricia; Estrada-Miller, Jeimee – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2022
At a time when students of families living in poverty have experienced the worst of the economic trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, community schools have reemerged as a promising intervention for addressing lack of access to quality education and economic prosperity. Policymakers are making investments in scaling up community schools;…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Data Use, Educational Improvement, Access to Education
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Maier, Anna – Learning Policy Institute, 2022
A growing number of states are launching community school initiatives to ensure family and community engagement, provide enriched and expanded learning, and offer integrated supports for students. Several states are providing technical assistance to support the high-quality implementation of community schools, either through the state education…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Community Schools, Program Implementation, Partnerships in Education
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Maier, Anna; Niebuhr, Deanna – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
The historic $3 billion investment in the California Community Schools Partnership Program provides an opportunity to transform schools into community hubs that deliver a whole child education. This brief examines key elements of the new law. It then lays out evidence-based principles of high-quality community schools implementation that are…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Partnerships in Education, Holistic Approach, Educational Finance
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London, Rebecca A.; Glass, Ronald David; Chang, Ethan; Sabati, Sheeva; Nojan, Saugher – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2022
This study examines the ethics and politics of knowledge across 15 distinctive community-engaged research projects. We focus our analysis on interviews with community partners and consider their perceptions of research, academic research partners, motivations for partnering, and the benefits and challenges of community-engaged research. We…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Research, Community Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
Candice Benge; Douglas Gagnon – SRI Education, a Division of SRI International, 2024
Traditional teacher preparation pathways begin with a teacher preparation program based in an institution of higher education (IHE) and often include a student-teaching component at a local education agency (LEA). Teacher residency programs, on the other hand, offer an alternative pathway rooted in partnerships between IHEs and LEAs. In this…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Interns, Graduate Students, Preservice Teacher Education
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Bae, Soung; Cook-Harvey, Channa M.; Lam, Livia; Mercer, Charmaine; Podolsky, Anne; Stosich, Elizabeth Leisy – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2016
This paper examines the options available to states to redefine their accountability systems as they begin to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The new law provides the possibility that states can create more balanced systems of support and accountability focused on educating young people so they can become productive, engaged…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Program Implementation
Browning, Andrea – National Charter School Resource Center, 2021
Community partnerships empower charter schools by strengthening their capacity to serve the needs of students, families, and staff through deliberate partnerships with community-based entities. The autonomy that charter schools are afforded uniquely equips them with the flexibility to engage partners and even design schools for which one or more…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Program Design
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Wolf, Rebecca; Sands, Janelle – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
California recently overhauled its K-12 public education finance system. Enacted in 2013, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) replaced California's 40-year-old funding formula. The LCFF increases district officials' fiscal flexibility; provides more resources to districts serving larger proportions of low-income, English learner (EL), and…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Biag, Manuelito; Raab, Erin; Hofstedt, Mary – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2015
Targeting students in grades K-8, Art in Action's program consists of 12 age-appropriate lessons per year led by parent and teacher volunteers. The curriculum is based on historically significant artists and their works of art. Through semi-structured discussions, students examine a variety of masterpieces, learning about the artist as well as…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Visual Arts, Art Activities
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Hayes, Kim A.; Entzel, Pamela; Berger, Wendy; Caskey, Rachel N.; Shlay, Judith C.; Stubbs, Brenda W.; Smith, Jennifer S.; Brewer, Noel T. – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: There has been little evaluation of school-located vaccination programs that offer human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in US schools without health centers (ie, extramural programs). This article summarizes lessons learned from such programs. Methods: In July to August 2010, 5 programs were identi?ed. Semistructured, in-depth telephone…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Health Promotion, Semi Structured Interviews
Tepper Jacob, Robin; Armstrong, Catherine; Willard, Jacklyn Altuna – MDRC, 2015
This study reports on an evaluation of the "Reading Partners" program, which uses community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to struggling readers in underresourced elementary schools. Established in 1999 in East Menlo Park, California, the mission of "Reading Partners" is to help children become lifelong readers by…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Volunteers, Reading Difficulties, Tutoring
Lane-Garon, Pamela S. – Metropolitan Universities, 2011
This article summarizes the initial, collaborative implementation efforts of a school-based conflict resolution program. Lowell elementary School is predominately Hispanic and located in one of the poorest areas of Fresno. The University's Kremen School of Education and Human Development partners with local educators to train children in grades…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Schools of Education, Elementary School Teachers, School Community Relationship
Biag, Manuelito; Raab, Erin; Hofstedt, Mary – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2015
Targeting students in grades K-8, Art in Action's program consists of 12 age-appropriate lessons per year led by parent and teacher volunteers. The curriculum is based on historically significant artists and their works of art. Through semi-structured discussions, students examine a variety of masterpieces, learning about the artist as well as…
Descriptors: Art, Program Implementation, Case Studies, Art Education
Wang, Jianjun – Grantee Submission, 2013
On September 22, 2012, NSF announced its decision to fund a three-year project, "Models for Information Assurance Education and Outreach" (MIAEO). In the first year of grant operation, MIAEO has invited 18 high school students, two K-12 teachers, and two CSUB student assistants to conduct research explorations in the fields of…
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Science Education, Improvement Programs, Program Effectiveness
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