Path to Successful Community School Policy Adoption

<p>Drawing on rich case studies of Baltimore City and Boston this volume identifies policy factors and processes critical to the successful district-wide adoption of community schools. </p><p>By applying the Multiple Streams Model (Kingdon) to comparative analysis of policy determination and the narratives of local stakeholders across a 16-year period chapters illustrate the role of federal legislation funding and buy-in from coalitions community leaders and local advocates in ensuring policy adoption in Baltimore City. In contrast Boston’s more limited reforms are explained in light of local challenges and hindering dynamics. Ultimately the volume offers key recommendations for stakeholders to drive successful policy uptake in urban school districts.</p><p>Offering a new analysis of policy for community schools this volume will be of interest to students scholars and researchers with an interest in school reform as well as urban education. </p>