Apr 18, 2025 | S-TAC
Share your own stories
The Community School strategy comes to life through the voices of those on the ground who are doing the work while being transformed by the work. Stories have always been powerful educational tools. They simplify complex ideas, making them easier to understand and remember. Throughout our history storytelling has been leveraged to pass on wisdom, history, and knowledge and to motivate change. Community school stories capture the complexities of changing educational systems to fully serve our children and youth and show us what is possible. Each story showcases the impact of community schooling on individual students, teachers, families-caregivers, and community partners that results from robust collaboration and collective dream-making. The stories captured in this space speak to the power of transformation that comes when we all invest in our public schools as the central pillar of our democracy.
Stories from S-TACView all
The S-TAC has compiled a series of short accounts that highlight how community schools respond to and adapt to the assets and needs of a community. Embedded in the stories are practical approaches to designing, developing, and adopting the community schools approach to education.
Dec 10, 2024 | S-TAC
LPI Transforming Schools Blog Copy 4
This blog series, created by the Learning Policy Institute, shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining
Dec 10, 2024 | S-TAC
R-TAC Convening Copy 5
Access the California Community Schools Fundamentals, resources that build understanding of the why and how of community schools, and share your own resources.
Dec 10, 2024 | S-TAC
UCLA Community School Copy 10
This blog series, created by the Learning Policy Institute, shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining
Dec 10, 2024 | S-TAC
R-TAC Convening Copy 11
This blog series, created by the Learning Policy Institute, shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining
Dec 10, 2024 | S-TAC
Oakland High School
This blog series, created by the Learning Policy Institute, shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining
Stories from CCSPP Community School FellowsView all
Storytelling helps individuals relate to one another by sharing common experiences and learning. California’s Community School Fellows represent our community school griots, the voices of the transformational impact of the Community Schools strategy across our state. As part of our Deep Dive Transformation Partnership work, the Fellows have themselves participated in a rich storytelling learning arc that has prepared them to uplift the inspirational work happening in their communities. Their accounts capture the rich journeys of communities seeking to center the voices of students, families/caregivers, educators, and community partners. Enjoy!
Dec 10, 2024 | CCSPP Community School Fellows
UCLA Community School Copy 2
This blog series, created by the Learning Policy Institute, shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining
Dec 10, 2024 | CCSPP Community School Fellows
Farmdale Elementary School Copy 3
This blog series, created by the Learning Policy Institute, shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining
Dec 10, 2024 | CCSPP Community School Fellows
National Community Schooling Story Map Copy 9
Access the California Community Schools Fundamentals, resources that build understanding of the why and how of community schools, and share your own resources.
Dec 10, 2024 | CCSPP Community School Fellows
National Community Schooling Story Map
Access the California Community Schools Fundamentals, resources that build understanding of the why and how of community schools, and share your own resources.
Dec 10, 2024 | CCSPP Community School Fellows
UCLA Community School
Access the California Community Schools Fundamentals, resources that build understanding of the why and how of community schools, and share your own resources.
Stories from California Community SchoolsView all
Review stories from community schools across the state of California! Stories have the power to unite people and our goal is that these shared narratives of transformation create a sense of community and belonging across our state that continuously fuels our commitment to sustaining schools that serve the whole child and the whole community.
Dec 10, 2024 | California Community Schools
Farmdale Elementary School Copy 6
This blog series, created by the Learning Policy Institute, shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining
Dec 10, 2024 | California Community Schools
Lost Hills Union Elementary School Copy 7
Access the California Community Schools Fundamentals, resources that build understanding of the why and how of community schools, and share your own resources.
Dec 10, 2024 | California Community Schools
UCLA Community School Copy 8
This blog series, created by the Learning Policy Institute, shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining
Dec 10, 2024 | California Community Schools
Lost Hills Union Elementary School
This blog series, created by the Learning Policy Institute, shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining
Dec 10, 2024 | California Community Schools
San Diego County Office of Education
This blog series, created by the Learning Policy Institute, shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining...
Dec 10, 2024 | California Community Schools
Farmdale Elementary School
Access the California Community Schools Fundamentals, resources that build understanding of the why and how of community schools, and share your own resources.
Stories from Across the NationView all
Community schools stories from the national context offer us the opportunity to explore a fuller spectrum of community schooling experiences across the nation. These stories invite us to connect to our colleagues, from North Carolina to Ohio, New Mexico to Florida and beyond. The invitation to connect with school communities beyond our state will augment our sense of community and belonging in this movement fostering cooperation, empathy, and a sense of responsibility towards one another.
Dec 10, 2024 | Across the Nation
Lost Hills Union Elementary School Copy 1
Access the California Community Schools Fundamentals, resources that build understanding of the why and how of community schools, and share your own resources.
Share Your Own Stories of Transformation
What resources have been helpful in your community school transformation? Please submit your resource here. After submission, it will be reviewed by a committee and added to the page once approved. Thank you for your contribution!
Deep Dive Transformation Partners
The S-TAC adopted a “Deep Dive” strategy to study and support the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) implementation across different Local Education Agencies (LEAs) or consortia during the grant period. These “transformation zones,” as they are known in implementation science, represent a vertical slice of the initiative’s implementation that captures what is happening “from the classroom to the capitol,” (Earl, 2023). The goal of this strategy is to learn about effective practices in implementation and ways to transcend challenges that can be scaled and spread across the larger system.
For the inaugural cohort, the S-TAC partnered with three grantees. Please read the following Deep Dive Strategy Report for more information.
Cohort 1:
Anaheim Unified High School District
For over ten years, Anaheim Union has embarked upon a journey of coherence and improvement to create and sustain powerful spaces for teaching and learning for all their youth.
Shasta County Office of Education
Covering 15 counties and 24 school districts, the rural experience of these Fellows illuminates the innovative practices that make this consortium a leader in the implementation of the Community School strategy.
West Contra Costa Unified School District
At the center of their community schools work, West Contra Costa has created transformational collaborative spaces that elevate the contributions and knowledge of their families and students.
Cohort 2:
Gateway Community Charters
For over ten years, Anaheim Union has embarked upon a journey of coherence and improvement to create and sustain powerful spaces for teaching and learning for all their youth.
Wheatland Union High School District
Covering 15 counties and 24 school districts, the rural experience of these Fellows illuminates the innovative practices that make this consortium a leader in the implementation of the Community School strategy.
Ontario-Montclair School
At the center of their community schools work, West Contra Costa has created transformational collaborative spaces that elevate the contributions and knowledge of their families and students.
Val Verde Unified School District
For over ten years, Anaheim Union has embarked upon a journey of coherence and improvement to create and sustain powerful spaces for teaching and learning for all their youth.