Broader, bolder, better : how schools and communities help students overcome the disadvantages of poverty / Elaine Weiss and Paul Reville.

Author: Weiss, Elaine (Writer on education policy) author.

ImprintCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2019]

Description303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note:Part I. Poverty, education, and the need for systems of support -- Why integrated student supports? -- Integrated student support communities: models of progress -- Part II. Integrated student support strategies -- Personalizing support to meet every child's needs -- Harnessing the power of the faith community -- Integrated student supports in rural communities -- Empowering parents to improve student well-being -- Using promise scholarships to create community-wide integrated student supports -- Empowering mayors to create citywide supports: the by all means consortium -- Advancing college and career readiness through integrated student supports -- Part III. The path forward -- Community schools: a promising model for building a movement -- Financing integrated student supports at scale -- Bringing it together: moving integrated student supports into the mainstream.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index.

Note:With poverty and inequality on the rise and large achievement gaps remaining despite decades of school reform, Weiss and Reville make the case for a large-scale expansion of community-school partnerships in order to provide integrated student supports (ISS) from cradle to careers.-- Provided by publisher

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