This year’s Community Schools National Forum in Albuquerque, N.M., was the largest community schools convening yet. Co-hosted with the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Community School Partnership, the Forum attracted over 1,700 participants from 44 states and 9 countries. With the theme of “Rising Together: Learning across Family, School, and Community,” learning remained a focus throughout the entire Forum emphasizing how community schools can promote better learning in schools through community partnerships. The Forum featured keynote speakers including Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association; Pedro Rivera, Pennsylvania secretary of education; and Paul Soglin, mayor of Madison, Wisc. READ MORE…