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The John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities (JGC) at Stanford University partners with communities to develop leadership, conduct research and effect change to improve the lives of youth.

A Harvard report outlining what is essential for successful family and community partnerships with schools.

CNN profile of Weybridge elementary near Middlebury, VT.  A very small school with a tight community and commitment to education

A new framework for improving family engagement - recommended to the PfC by a community member.

"As school boards address the overall challenge of social media use within schools, they should focus on the reality that the impact no longer lies only on the individual and local schools. Social networks include students and teachers all over the world and, therefore, teaching and coaching on digital literacy for teachers and students is where the focus should rest. Knowing how to build successful communities of learning and how to integrate social connectivity within a learning environment is a much more needed outcome than finding a way to control and monitor specific users and content."

Thoughtful critique of the PLC-obsessed school culture

Children in poverty in Paraguay play instruments made from recycled landfill materials.

"One of the principles guiding the transformation work at Sammamish is that student achievement and engagement will increase when students have more ownership of their school community..."