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This PDF provides a model for creating student centered environments in schools and ways for schools to collaborate with its community to enhance student learning.
The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project connects you with research, resources and best practices for building affordable and sustainable approaches to expanding learning in your community.
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education. CSSO provides leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on major educational issues. Site provides access to a number of different newsletters including “Language, Culture, and Equity,” “Reading and Writing Improvement,” and “Innovation Quarterly.”
This website dedicated to creating opportunities for people of all ages with disabilities or social and economic disadvantages to pursue their dreams.
Boys Town offers a continuum of Child and Family Services including Intensive Residential Treatment Services, Group Home Services, Intervention & Assessment Services, Child and Family Support services, in addition to many other services.
Boys & Girls Clubs offer a place for youth to go after school or on weekends. Clubs reach out to kids you cannot afford, or may lack access to other community programs. The club provides services to promote and enhance the development of youth in a safe and fun environment.
In this article, the authors describe the problem of juvenile crime and discuss how participation in after school programs can benefit youth and can lead to a decrease in violence and increase child safety.
In this video, partners of the Collaborative for Building After-School Systems (CBASS) describe ten innovative and effective ways for schools and community organizations to build strong partnerships that support high-quality expanded learning.
Grounded in academics and linked to real life, Learning to Give lessons and resources apply from kindergarten through high school. Our mission is to provide quality, inspirational, and field tested tools to help K-12 teachers educate, equip, and empower their students to be giving and caring citizens.
This webinar series is an opportunity for stakeholders representing national, regional, and local organizations to learn about family, school, and community, engagement research, best practices from the field, and new innovations that are making a difference in school improvement and student learning.
Teaching for Change works to build social justice in the classroom by encouraging professional development and parent organizations and sponsoring the Cross City Parent Leadership Initiative that acts as an opportunity for parent coordinators and parents to gain the tools to facilitate effective family-school programs.
SEDL helps bring together families, communities, and schools to support students’ academic achievement. They work strategically at the state and federal levels to support efforts to improve parent involvement and partnerships among schools, families, and communities. They develop and disseminate research-based resources on building family and community partnerships that are focused on student success.