Community Partnerships

Co-teachers in a special education classroom focus on building a community of learners with a focus on real-world skills.

Many school leaders and teachers are focusing on whole child education, an idea that seems likely to grow in prominence in the future.

Data shows that Black youth are especially prone to develop mental health issues but less likely to seek out or receive the specialized services and care they need.

When adults from the community serve as mentors who reinforce high expectations, students gain another vital source of support.

When afterschool program Ballet Folklorico teaches kids traditional Mexican dance, they build not only social and emotional skills, but also community.

When Maryland middle school students spend a day focusing on helping others, they see their own capacity to make a difference in their community.

Students learn skills like maintaining inventory, marketing, and scheduling while working in a cafe as part of a business class.

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.

Intentionally fostering interactions among teachers, parents, and community partners helped one school create a more inviting event.

By focusing on play, schools are finding ways to bring students with and without disabilities together, to the benefit of both groups.

The often-overlooked hours after school can be a great opportunity to build in lessons around self-regulation and decision-making.

One teacher shares how her rural elementary school safely and effectively took their classrooms outdoors.

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.