Every school can, and should, be a community school [edsource.org]

Lara Kain 3/10/224:59 PM

By Hayin Kimner and Martin J. Blank, Photo: Lost Hills Union School District, EdSource, March 6, 2022

The state has significantly enhanced the potential for school and community leadership to act together to support student learning and development through the California Community Schools Partnership Program.

The nearly $3 billion grant program provides an opportunity for districts and their schools to design and implement sustainable and effective community school strategies. That is, supporting school districts and schools to work intentionally with teachers, students and families, and with community agencies and local government to align community resources behind improving student outcomes.

The program — particularly the planning grants, just released on March 1 — holds the potential to be among the most flexible sources of funding that the state has ever provided.

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