Community Schools: Collective Trust, Collective Action, and Collective Impact

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session will highlight research on community schools as the reform strategy gains visibility, funding, and policy support at the federal and local levels. Community schools integrate academic and non-academic supports for student, families, and communities through partnerships. Little has been written about community schools in the academic literature and most evaluations haven’t been publicly released. In connection to the conference theme, it is necessary to describe the strategy and disseminate evidence of implementation and effectiveness for use by policymakers and an increasing number of practitioners. Researchers will present theoretical frameworks for community schools, describe how they’re implemented in various communities, and analyze the effectiveness of national and local models.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Family, School, Community Partnerships

Chair

• Reuben Jacobson, University of Maryland

Papers

• Community Schools as Ecological Systems: A Theoretical Framework - Sebastian Castrechini, Stanford University; Rebecca A. London, Stanford University

• Community Schools: Structures and Cultures for Collective Action - Reuben Jacobson, University of Maryland

• The Community School Effect - Curt M. Adams, University of Oklahoma

• A National Perspective on Collective Impact: Methods and Results From the Communities in Schools National Evaluation - Allan W. Porowski, ICF International

Discussant

• John S. Rogers, University of California - Los Angeles