Where It All Comes Together: How Partnerships Connect Communities and Schools

Autor/inn/en	Blank, Martin J.; Villarreal, Lisa
Titel	Where It All Comes Together: How Partnerships Connect Communities and Schools
Quelle	In: American Educator, 39 (2015) 3, S.4-9 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0148-432X
Schlagwörter	Partnerships in Education; Community Schools; Educational Change; Educational Development; Educational Practices; School Restructuring; Institutional Characteristics; Governance; School Effectiveness; Educational Policy; Change Strategies; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulpartnerschaft; Community school; ; Gemeindeschule; Gemeinschaftsschule; Bildungsreform; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungspraxis; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Schuleffizienz; Politics of education; Lösungsstrategie
Abstract	The modern-day community schools movement reached a new plateau in 2008 when Randi Weingarten made community schools a central element of her platform as the new president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The AFT's action was a milestone on a journey that began a decade earlier, when advocates for community schools determined that it was necessary to renew a core American value--that our public schools should be centers of flourishing communities where everyone belongs and works together to help our young people thrive. This article outlines how far the community schools movement has come since the AFT made community schools a priority in 2008. It explains why the movement has grown, clarifies what exactly makes a community school different from other schools, lays out how community schools work, and shows the positive results that community schools are attaining. The article concludes with a brief discussion of the challenges that lie ahead. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Federation of Teachers. 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-879-4400; e-mail: amered@aft.org; Web site: http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01