History of Community Schools
This organization was founded to advocate for student and family success by leading the charge to expand the Community School Model in Maryland.
What is Maryland Coalition for Community Schools (MD4CS)?
The Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education is named after this American university administrator and mathematician who is chancellor emeritus of the University System of Maryland (USM) and professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Who is William Kirwan?
These committees can consist of stakeholders, which may include the CSC, principal, administrators, teachers, school support staff, parents, students, community partners, community members, etc.
What is a Community School Steering Committee?
In this year, Baltimore City Public Schools mandates after-school programming creating the trajectory for Community Schools in Baltimore City.
What is 1996?
This Governor vetoed the Blueprint for MD Future Bill in 2020.
Who Governor Hogan?
The practice of providing and coordinating a range of on-site services and supports to overcome both academic and nonacademic barriers to students’ educational and life success.
What is integrated student supports?
What is 2005-2006?
The Blueprint for Maryland's Future (House Bill 1300) became law in the 2021 state legislative session, based largely on the recommendations of this commission.
The Kirwan Commission.
This pillar is essential to increasing schools’ capacity to support students’ academic growth, as well as to help them develop socially, emotionally, and physically.
Expanded and Enriched Learning Time and Opportunities
In this year, more than 70 MD Community Schools advocates form the Maryland Coalition for Community Schools statewide network.
What is 2016?
This is one of the five pillars of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future.
What is Early Childhood Education, High-Quality & Diverse Teachers
& School Leaders, More Resources for All Students to Succeed, Governance & Accountability, and New College & Career Readiness Pathways?
This pillar is essential to fostering relationships of trust and respect, building the capacity of all stakeholders and the school, creating empowered decision-making processes, and leveraging local resources and expertise to address educational inequities
Active Family and Community Engagement
In 2021, BCPSS received COP Grants that enabled the growth of Community Schools from 50 to this amount in just over three months.
What is 128?
This group, association, or organization is a part of the Executive Committee of The Coalition for the Blueprint for MD's Future.
Strong Schools Maryland, Maryland State Education Association, MOST Network Leaders in Youth Development, MD Center on Economic Policy, and MD Association of Boards of Education.
This pillar provides the relational “glue” that connects and reinforces the other pillars, making it foundational and critical for the success of a community school strategy.
Collaborative Leadership and Practices