The New York City Community Schools Initiative, which was launched in 2014, has grown to 317 schools—making it the largest network of community schools in the country. A 2020 report conducted by the RAND Corporation evaluated the impact of 113 of these schools—which provide students with wraparound social services—over a three-year (pre-pandemic) period. Among its findings: The community-school model was shown to be effective in decreasing chronic absenteeism and increasing high school graduation rates. Read the report.
August 29, 2022
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