California Department of Education
Taking Center Stage – Act II

Chapter Twelve
Partnerships

Across the nation, schools are defying expectations and succeeding. What makes them different? In nearly every case, a community rallied to improve its schools.1

Recommendation: Engage families, businesses, local and state agencies and organizations, higher education, and community members as partners in supporting middle grades student achievement.



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Footnote
1 Lyric Wallwork, “Good Schools Can Happen” (Outside Source), Parade Magazine (August 27, 2006).

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