Target secondary-level community school implementation with supports for relationship-building and family engagement¶

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Description¶

The report recommends targeted supports to strengthen community school implementation in secondary settings, where impacts on attendance and achievement were inconsistent. It states that "traditional departmentalized structures that reduce opportunities for close relationships between teachers, students, and families may often present barriers to core community school practices such as deep family engagement and building strong relationships between students and staff." The strategy is to adapt secondary school structures so community school practices can take hold.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Structural changes or supports that create opportunities for close relationships between teachers, students, and families in departmentalized secondary schools

Constraints¶

• The report notes inconsistent attendance and achievement impacts at the secondary level, where baseline suspension rates were higher

Target Learners¶

• Middle and high school students in community schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• Improved attendance and achievement in secondary settings
• Deeper family engagement and student-staff relationships

Affordances¶

• Community Schools Four Pillar Framework

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Swain, W., Leung-Gagné, M., Maier, A., & Rubinstein, C. (2025). Community schools impact on student outcomes: Evidence from California. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/541.498