I'm fairly familiar with the research on community schools and I'm not aware that there is anything out there that demonstrates that the community school experience increases performance on MBST, Profiles of Learning, NALT, or other routinely administered measures.
There are a number of reasons why parents support community schools and the reasons are primarily social or political. And there is nothing wrong with defending the community school on the basis of such opinions. My only point here is to suggest that the research just isn't available to support community schools as a more effective educational tool. Ken Stewart Nokomis Village 12-9 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
