The National Community School Movement

 

Coalition for Community Schools: research, legislation, videos, webinars, and an array of resources about community schools.

For past webinars: http://www.communityschools.org/multimedia/past_webinars.aspx

Resources for starting a community school: http://www.communityschools.org/resources/how_to_start_a_community_school1.aspx

 

National Center for Community Schools: an initiative of the Children’s Aid Society, supporting New York City community schools as well as national research about community schools

 

Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania: together with the Coalition for Community Schools, organizes the University-Assisted Community Schools Network

 

Communities in Schools: linking community resources to public schools

 

 

Other State Community School Initiatives

 

ABC Community School Partnership (Albuquerque)

 

Family League of Baltimore (55 schools in Baltimore City)

 

Chicago Public Schools Community Schools Initiative

 

Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation (Indiana)

 

The Federation for Community Schools (Illinois-includes a helpful advocacy toolkit)

 

Oakland Community Schools (please note their excellent 6-minute video and research published in conjunction with the Gardner Center at the Stanford Graduate School of Education)

 

San Francisco Beacon Initiative

 

SUN Service System (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods: Multnomah County, OR)

 

 

National Organizations of Interest

 

Learning First Alliance

 

National ASCD: a whole child approach to learning

 

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility

 

School-Based Health Alliance

 

Whole Child Education: The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child approach developed by ASCD
and CDC

 

Local Organizations of Interest

 

The College Crusade of RI

 

Connecting for Children & Families

 

Dorcas International Institute of RI

 

Center for Southeast Asians

 

Learning First Alliance RI

 

Progreso Latino

 

Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance

 

Rhode Island ASCD

 

RI Department of Education

 

RI Department of Health (health equity zones)

 

RI Kids Count