What are Community Schools?: Let Me Add to That Podcast (Ep. 21)

Описание: What are Community Schools anyways and how do they differ from traditional schools?! On this episode you will learn the difference and transformative impact behind the community schools model through an expert lens from L.A. County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Debra Duardo and renowned UCLA Professor, speaker and author, Dr. Tyrone Howard. Discover how this innovative model is empowering students, addressing educational inequities and fostering stronger communities. Learn about the funding behind community schools and how these additional resources are making a tangible difference in the lives of our youth, particularly Black and Brown students.



---
About Let Me Add to That: An Education Podcast

Nearly 2 million students and 80 school districts make up the Los Angeles County education system – as you can imagine, the experiences, the success and the challenges vary from district to district as it does student to student. The Let Me Add to That Podcast, presented by the Los Angeles Office of Education will feature education experts including superintendents, administrators, teachers and students themselves who will highlight various hot topics that the county faces on a day-to-day basis. Let Me Add to That is titled and modeled after the inclusion of different perspectives, experiences and challenges, and new episodes will be released on the first Wednesday of every month.

00:00 Intro
01:06 How do Community Schools differ from traditional schools?
04:12 The Community Schools Model.
06:24 How is this equity investment important?
09:31 What role does racial and social justice play in the Community Schools framework?
14:05 What are the specifics that Community Schools do to uplift children of color?
19:35 What role does involvement play in Community Schools?
24:48 What is the philosophy of Community Schools?
29:52 Where are there alignments with other L.A. County initiatives?
36:53 What does the future look like for Community Schools?
41:10 Final thoughts and wrap up