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Register NOW for CSxFE26!
The 2026 National Community Schools & Family Engagement Conference will be in beautiful Long Beach, CA, May 27-29.
Register here
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IEL + Clear Impact Partnership
Clear Impact Suite is an all-in-one performance management system that empowers School Coordinators and leadership with the tools they need to streamline data collection, measure impact, and ensure sustainable, high-quality services across one program or up to a whole network. Contact us to access your discount!
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Celebrating Another Successful Coordinators Appreciation Week!
THANK YOU to all who helped us celebrate With Coordinators Appreciation Week .Together, we are showing the world how #CoordinatorsRock.
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Everyone: An Advocate On-Demand Badge E-Courses
Participants will learn how to build a coalition, use data to create policy solutions, and employ advocacy tools and tactics to their policy goals. Package includes access to all 8 modules, that can be completed at your convenience.
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Help shape the future of Community Schools!
Complete the Community Schools Forward Survey — a short (10–15 minute) but meaningful opportunity to:
🔹 Strengthen effective practices
🔹 Inform policy advocacy
🔹 Better support students and families nationwide
Take the Survey
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Highlights from CSxFE25
The 2025 National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference in Minneapolis, MN, was a great success!
Watch here
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Level up with us! Community Schools and Family Engagement Opportunities
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NEW from CS Forward: Key Practices for Community Schools Transformation
An evolved framework that includes six key integrated practices.
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Essential resources for driving Community Schools Forward
Access all of the Community Schools Forward task force’s essential Community School resources here!
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Building a Community Schools System Guide
For diverse audiences engaged in Community Schools efforts in their local contexts, from planning to integrate the Community Schools strategy in their district and community to existing initiatives of schools looking to further sustain, deepen, and perhaps, expand the strategy.
Go to the Guide
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Share about your Community Schools!
The Coalition and our partners are working to lift up strong Community Schools and the impact they have. Tell us about your Community School or the work you are doing with Community Schools to help us spread the word!
Fill out the story form
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Our Vision
Schools are centers for creating communities where everyone belongs, works together, and thrives!
Our mission is for every school to become a Community School.
We Prepare
Leaders of all ages, stages, and contexts in developing collaborative and adaptive leadership skills.
We Support
Leaders to work efficiently and effectively across sectors to improve student outcomes.
We Mobilize
Leaders to advocate for policies and practices that advance equitable opportunities for all children.
Insights from the Field
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LPI – “Community Schools in Lynwood Unified: Building Capacity for Districtwide Implementation”
Read the full story from Learning Policy Institute here.
"Since the COVID-19 pandemic, students’ rising mental health needs, chronic absence, academic challenges, and struggles to reengage wi [...]
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LPI – “Oakland High School Redesign: How a Community-Centered Campus Created Pathways for Student Success”
Read the full brief from the Learning Policy Institute here:
"Although Oakland High School (Oakland High) is the sixth-oldest high school in California and the oldest in the city of Oakland, [...]
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WGRZ-TV: “Say Yes Buffalo celebrates 10 years”
Say Yes Buffalo is marking the tenth anniversary of its first community school and Saturday Academy:
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