How does the community schools strategy positively impact schools? Recently, Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, released a report in conjunction with the National Education Policy Center entitled Community Schools: An Evidence-Based Strategy for Equitable School Improvement. The report demonstrates how community schools are a successful strategy for improving schools under the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act. Dr. Darling-Hammond and Julia Daniel, Ph.D. candidate of the University of Colorado Boulder, also focused on why evidence supports that well-implemented community schools meet the educational needs of low-achieving children. READ MORE…