Description:
Originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, this expanded text provides new insights into the successful, sustained implementation of Full-Service Community Schools (FSCSs) in the United States.
Review Quotes:
Editors Sanders and Galindo have long studied school-community partnerships and understand the issues well. Together, they assemble a group of researchers, who have been studying the implementation and impact of community schools for years, that author chapters to help the broader field of practitioners and researchers understand what we know about the various aspects of community schools. [...] In addition to expected studies examining student achievement and attendance, the book pushes into less studied areas of community schools such as equity, Black youth, and the role of teachers. Community schools are multidimensional; this book encourages researchers to look at less-examined elements in order to better understand the complete strategy.
Reuben Jacobson, Director of Education Policy and Leadership Program & Senior Professorial Lecturer, School of Education, American University, USA.