Karen Hunter Quartz

director of the UCLA Center for Community Schooling

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California has committed $3 billion to convert thousands of its public schools into community schools — which aim to meet the needs of both students and their families — in the next…

Can CA community schools meet the needs of families? How it might play out

California has committed $3 billion to convert thousands of its public schools into community schools — which aim to meet the needs of both students and their families — in the next…

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