What are the primary responsibilities of the Coalitions national office?
The Coalition’s goals are to: • Share information about successful community school policies, programs and practices; • Build broader public understanding and support for community schools; • Inform public and private-sector policies in order to strengthen community schools; and • Develop sustainable sources of funding for community schools. The Coalitions national office works to achieve these goals through several types of activities: • Conducting research about community schools that demonstrates their effectiveness and explores the tough challenges involved in creating and sustaining community schools. • Convening national, regional and local community schools forums as well as Coalition partners meetings that help key stakeholders and their organizations move toward common ground; • Maintaining a web site and regular email newsletter that provides learning opportunities about community schools and access the resources of our many partners; • Promoting a policy framework at the fed
