Community Partnerships
Learn and share ideas about how to engage caring individuals, organizations, and businesses to help schools with resources, mentors, internships, and more.
The Benefits of Writing for an Audience
Knowing their writing has an audience besides their teacher helps motivate students to do their very best work.383Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Building a 21st-Century Learning Space
A community raised $6 million to construct an innovative 30,000-square-foot facility complete with makerspaces and learning labs.16.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.5 Steps to Better School/Community Collaboration
A parent and community organizer shares some resources and great ideas, including the creation of a resource map and connecting with subject matter experts to connect to curriculum.27.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.What Educators Are Learning During the Pandemic
Many school leaders and teachers are focusing on whole child education, an idea that seems likely to grow in prominence in the future.5.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Build a Literacy-Focused Community
Schools can support relationships among students, staff, and the wider community through engaging opportunities that promote literacy.346Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A More Engaging Back to School Night
Intentionally fostering interactions among teachers, parents, and community partners helped one school create a more inviting event.5kYour content has been saved!
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Inviting Guest Speakers Into Your Classroom
Hosting outside experts in your class can be a great opportunity—here’s how to make it work well for everyone.5 Ways to Stop Bullying and Move into Action
With daily news reports about the devastating impact on students who have been relentlessly bullied, teachers find themselves on the front line in addressing bullying and intolerance. It is time to move into action. Not In Our School offers solutions-based strategies and tools for change to a network of schools that are working to create safe, inclusive and accepting climates.7.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Running a Business in School
Students learn skills like maintaining inventory, marketing, and scheduling while working in a cafe as part of a business class.4.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Improve Students With Disabilities’ Sense of Belonging
By focusing on play, schools are finding ways to bring students with and without disabilities together, to the benefit of both groups.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Empowering Students to Be Real-World Problem Solvers
When middle school students are given the opportunity to deeply explore what it means to be a changemaker, they see a path toward making a difference in their own community—and beyond.How Can High-Poverty Schools Engage Families and the Community?
High-poverty schools can involve students' families through home visits and by joining the community's safety net to provide social and medical services for those in need.4.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Ways to Introduce International Civics to Your Students
Engaging with different cultures allows high school students to develop an empathetic and globally inclusive perspective.380Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Building a Culture of Kindness With a Day of Service
When Maryland middle school students spend a day focusing on helping others, they see their own capacity to make a difference in their community.2.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Elementary School Learning Nights Led by High School Students
Asking teenagers to plan learning nights for elementary kids has benefits for both sets of students—and the kids’ parents.
