Public Scholarship and Community Organizing for Sustainable Community Schools

Session Type: Off-Site Visit

Abstract

This participatory workshop takes place at a local community school, bringing researchers and practitioners together to discuss the scholarship and organizing on community schools that currently exists and also to discuss what more is needed. High-quality community schools are deeply rooted in and responsive to engaged communities. The community school model is gaining attention across the nation in recognition of the potential for schools to become centers of opportunity and support in communities of poverty. The session focuses on the research infrastructures needed to create and sustain such schools, discussing the challenges and opportunities in using research to support the reform.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Participants

• Jitu Brown, Journey for Justice

• Tina M. Trujillo, University of California - Berkeley

• Mark R. Warren, University of Massachusetts - Boston

• Reuben Jacobson, Institute for Educational Leadership