Cities and schools districts: partners in community schools.

From: Nation's Cities Weekly | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Shah, Bela P.; Blank, Martin J. | Copyright information

In cities across the nation, municipal leaders are using community schools to address the hardest challenges that students, families and schools face.

The growth in city partnerships with schools is highlighted in a new report from the Coalition for Community Schools, "Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools." The report emphasizes five essential conditions for learning created by community schools through intentional partnerships between school...

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