Organized Communities, Stronger Schools: A Preview of Research Findings

Mar 31, 2008 | by

Norm Fruchter Dana Lockwood Sara McAlister Kavitha Mediratta Christina Mokhtar Seema Shah

Description
Key findings

Assesses the impact of community organizing for school reform on student outcomes such as attendance and test scores, school-community relationships, parent engagement, teacher morale, and policy and resource distribution at the system level.

Successful Strategy: Community organizing contributes to academic improvements, particularly in the areas of schoolÃ¢â‚¬â€œcommunity relationships, parent involvement and engagement, sense of school community and trust, teacher collegiality, and teacher morale. Tweet
Successful Strategy: Successful organizing strategies contributed to increased student attendance, improved standardized-test-score performance, and higher graduation rates and college-going aspirations in several sites. Tweet
Successful Strategy: Participating in organizing efforts increases civic engagement, as well as knowledge and investment in education issues, among adult and youth community members. Tweet
Successful Strategy: Young people reported that their involvement in organizing increased their motivation to succeed in school. Tweet
Successful Strategy: Adults and youth reported that they gained new knowledge about school and community issues, new engagement behaviors in schools and communities, and higher goals and expectations for themselves and their families as a result of their participation in organizing. Tweet

Published by
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University

Funded by
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Document type
Report/Whitepaper

Language
English

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Title

Organized Communities, Stronger Schools: A Preview of Research Findings

Publication date

2008-03-31

Publication year

2008

Authors

Christina Mokhtar , Dana Lockwood , Kavitha Mediratta , Norm Fruchter , Sara McAlister , Seema Shah

Copyright holder(s)

Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University

Geographical focus

North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois, North America / United States (Northeastern) / New York, North America / United States (Southern) / Florida, North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas, North America / United States (Western) / California, North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania

Keywords

school, study sites, annenberg, organizing, community organizing

Document type

Report/Whitepaper

Language

English

URL

https://search.issuelab.org/resource/organized-communities-stronger-schools-a-preview-of-research-findings

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