Community Schools in Action

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Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice

A community school differs from other public schools in important ways: it is generally open most of the time, governed by a partnership between the school system and a community agency, and offers a broad array of health and social services. Download Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. It often has an extended day before and after school, features parent involvement programs, and works for community enrichment. How should such a school be structured? How can its success be measured? Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice presents the Children's Aid Society's (CAS) approach to creating community schools for the 21st century. CAS began this work more than a decade ago and today operates thirteen such schools in three low-income areas of New York City. Through a Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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