History of Community Schools
Blueprint for MD's Future
Characteristics of Community Schools in MD
100

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)?

100

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?

100

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?

200

In this year, Baltimore City Public Schools mandates after-school programming creating the trajectory for Community Schools in Baltimore City.

What is 1996?

200

This Governor vetoed the Blueprint for MD Future Bill in 2020.

Who Governor Hogan?

200

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?

300
During this school year, the first 36 Community Schools in Baltimore were established after the Mayor's Office announces investment of $2.6 million.

What is 2005-2006?

300

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.

300

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

400

In this year, more than 70 MD Community Schools advocates form the Maryland Coalition for Community Schools statewide network.

What is 2016?

400

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?

400

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

500

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?

500

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.

500

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

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