The effects of community school partnerships on students and educators in five urban high schools : a view from the field

Trejo, Jose Over the last few decades, the American educational system has experimented with K-12 education reform models in order to turn around underperforming schools. One of the newer models that is being implemented across the country is a strategy called community schools. Over the last few years, the number of districts that have started to utilize the community school model has increased significantly. Currently, about 5,000 schools nationwide are part of the Coalition for Community Schools and the coalition is on pace to reach the 25,000 community schools by the year 2025 (Coalition for Community Schools, 2022). The idea behind the model is to wrap the school with a variety of community based supports at the same time that the school works on its individual communication and structural systems in order to improve the overall academic performance of the school. The school district in this particular study is located in a midsize city within the Midwest region of the United States. It is in an urban setting with high levels of poverty. While the model has been utilized in 16 schools in this particular district over the last five years, the collective impact that the community school strategy is having on these particular schools has not been adequately studied and measured, particularly for the five high schools that are part of the community school partnership. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact that the Community School Partnership Model is having on the five high schools that are actively implementing the community school strategy as perceived by those implementing this particular school transformation model. Structured interviews were conducted with district based, school based and community-based managers that are currently directly supporting this particular model. The analysis of the data collected clearly shows that the Community School Partnership has made some significant impacts in the high schools where the model is being implemented.

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Alverno College

Year dc:date

2024

Author dc:creator

• Trejo, Jose

• Community schools

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• These materials may be used by individuals and libraries for personal use, research, teaching (including distribution to classes), or for any fair use as defined by U.S. Copyright Law.

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English

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https://alverno.omeka.net/items/show/938

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oai:alverno.omeka.net:938