Community Partnership Schools: Developing Innovative Practice Through University-Community Partnerships
Jarrad D. Plante · Amy Ellis
Jan 2023 · Springer Nature
Ebook
120
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About this ebook
This book examines community partnership schools in the USA. Authored by academics and practitioners, it provides an overview of how community schools work in practice, provides a historical context of the model, and demonstrates the importance of the university-community connection in their effective running. Above all, the book showcases how community partnership schools are educational equity solutions that provide support services to underserved students, families, and communities. It will appeal to students and scholars of public administration, public policy, public health, and education, as well as practitioners.
About the author
Jarrad D. Plante is Unit Leader for AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps. His research interests include service-learning, community engagement and national service. He has published, presented, and won awards for his scholarship in these areas.
Amy Ellis is Director of the Center for Community Schools at the University of Central Florida, USA where she has helped grow Florida’s community schools from a single-building concept in 2009 to a state-wide twenty-nine site initiative.
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