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Publisher(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation
Author(s): Read, Tory
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation
View Report (8 pages; 750KB; PDF)
Area of focus: Low-Performing Schools
Abstract
This report provides an overview of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s involvement with education programs that focus on community engagement. It reviews case studies of school districts that have both succeeded and experienced roadblocks in setting up Community Schools, and it summarizes programs Casey has sponsored in communities across the United States to get families and neighbors involved in local students’ education.
Key Findings and/or Recommendations
+ Families and communities have increased involvement with the schools and a willingness to address problems, demand higher standards, and become more active in their children’s education.
+ In one Indianapolis school, the graduation rate rose from approximately 30 percent to 70 percent after it became a community school.
+ In San Diego County, a parent involvement initiative was successful enough to attract attention from the state, which will be using it as a template for a statewide program.
- Without proper experience with expansion planning and full support from school leadership, a community school initiative in Washington State suffered setbacks.
Geographic Focus: CA; Denver, CO; Indianapolis, IN; New York City, NY; TX; White Center, WA
Subjects/Keywords: Low-performing schools; school reform; community; community schools; family
+ Successful strategy
= Observation
– Challenge
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