Principals credit LSCs with helping initiate new school-community partnerships, supporting the claim that LSCs build social capital in urban neighborhoods¶

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q2 i? Nearly 40 percent of principals report their LSC helped initiate new after-school programs and gang prevention and intervention programs, and about a third report partnerships with recreational centers, youth clubs, the park district, and other schools. → Susan Ryan 1997

Evidence¶

Susan Ryan 1997¶

Susan Ryan, Anthony S. Bryk, Gudelia Lopez, Kimberley P. Williams, Kathleen Hall, Stuart Luppescu. (1997). Charting Reform: LSCs - Local Leadership at Work. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/charting-reform-lscs%E2%80%94local-leadership-work

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Principals' reports on whether their LSC assisted in developing formal school-community partnerships. The authors state these findings support the assertion that LSCs can create "social capital" in urban neighborhoods.

"Nearly 40 percent report that their LSC helped initiate new after- school programs and gang prevention and intervention programs. About a third state that their LSC helped to form partnerships with recreational activity centers, youth clubs, the Chi- cago Park District, and other schools."

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