Community Engagement

Resources

• Involving Communities
  From NSBA's Center for Public Education, this site has stories about communities that are involved in making their public schools safe and academically rich places where students can soar.
  
• ASBJ Magna Awards
  The American School Board Journal's Magna Awards feature excellent examples of school district leadership. Common threads running through many of the winning programs are community, collaboration, and partnership.
  
• NSBA Bookstore: Community Connection: Case Studies in Public Engagement
  This NSBA publication presents case studies and a compilation of district practices of communities' involvement in determining the quality of their schools and setting their future direction.
  
• NSBA Bookstore: Communities Count: A School Board's Guide to Public Engagement
  This NSBA publication guides school board members through the community engagement process and includes help in understanding the rationale, the benefits, and the concerns that are part of the process of convening the community.
  
• Next-Generation Models of Education Accountability: Community Involvement
  Community involvement in schools resources from the Education Commission of the States
  
• Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools
  This Coalition of Community Schools report looks at 20 different school models that mobilze community resources to improve student learning.