The Full-Service Community School Movement : Lessons From the James Adams Community School

During this period JACS was being phased out by virtue of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-9 Full-Service Community Schools: Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future....Pages 11-35 The Efficacy of a Community Approach....Pages 37-63 Pursuing Excellence in a Segregated System: Coatesville, a Town of Paradoxes....Pages 65-86 The Cornerstones: The Blurred Personal and Professional Lives of T. J. and Anita Anderson....Pages 87-110 James Adams Community School: Manifesting the Vision....Pages 111-137 In Their Own Words: Reflections from Alumni and Faculty....Pages 139-159 Looking Backward to Plan Ahead: Lessons for the Community and Full-Service School Movement....Pages 161-185 Back Matter....Pages 187-189 In the wake of stringent public school accountability standards, educators are forced to address persistent "achievement gaps" in new ways. Concomitantly, there is growing acknowledgement that factors external to schools critically influence academic success. Full-service community schools attempt to narrow "gaps" by convening comprehensive networks, yet, this contemporary movement also reminds us, "there is nothing new under the sun". This book contributes to the educational and socio-historical lexicon through an examination of a segregated school exemplifying contemporary "best practices" instructive on multiple levels to schools in the twenty-first century This book contributes in multiple dimensions to the educational literature through an articulation of T.J. and Anita Anderson's vision; how the community and faculty adopted the vision; what it meant in practical terms to matriculating students and their families; and, espouses lessons applicable in the 21st Century. This book contributes in multiple dimensions to the educational literature through an articulation of T.J. and Anita Anderson's vision; how the community and faculty adopted the vision; what it meant in practical terms to matriculating students and their families; and, espouses lessons applicable in the 21st Century