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Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change in Schools

Public Impact report highlights the benefits, challenges, and effective practices for building family and community support for school turnarounds.

What’s Trust Got to Do With It

Public Agenda report is designed to help schools leaders take a positive and proactive approach to engaging families and communities in a school turnaround process.

Community Collaboration for School Innovation Toolkit

The Community Collaboration for School Innovation toolkit helps districts shift away from a community engagement model that centers on pushing information out, to a new community collaboration model that pulls guidance and directives from the community. The free guide includes real-world case studies from Colorado school districts, video tutorials, and templates, and aims to accelerate school improvement efforts that authentically reflect community priorities.

SDP Renaissance Schools Initiative Policy

Philadelphia’s School Reform Commissions (SRC) adopted its Renaissance Schools Initiative Policy in 2010. The policy establishes specific guidelines for key aspects of the school turnaround (restart) initiative.

Renaissance Schools Implementation Plan January 2010

School District of Philadelphia released this document in January 2010 to communicate the Renaissance Schools restart process.

SRC Presentation on RSAB Recommendations 2009

Presentation summarizes the recommendations of Philadelphia’s Renaissance School Advisory Board (RSAB) that provided guidance to the School District of Philadelphia on its restart process.

RSAB Subcommittee Scope and Guiding Questions 2009

Document highlights the guiding principles and preliminary guiding principles for the sub-committees of Philadelphia’s Renaissance School Advisory Board (RSAB).

Renaissance School Advisory Board Final Report 2009

This report from the Philadelphia Renaissance School Advisory Board (RSAB) summarizes recommendations for the process by which the district should intervene in lowest performing schools.

Reed Planning Two Page Explanation June 2014

This Louisiana Recovery School District (RSD) document provides a concise and detailed description for the visioning process at Reed High School to collect community input on the future of the school.

Community Priorities from BRAZAB Fall 2013

This summary document describes the Baton Rouge Achievement Zone Advisory Board (BRAZAB) community engagement process. The process included focus groups and community visioning meetings with stakeholders in the community to identify transformation/restart priorities for leadership, student achievement, school culture, and parent engagement.