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Developing Effective Partnerships to Support Local Education

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   Portfolio for District Redesign
   [9 pamplets, $35]
> Download Framework [PDF: 12 pages]
> Download El Paso Case Study [PDF: 15 pages]

This paper lays out some fundamental ways communities and school districts can work better together to support and sustain the healthy development of children and youth. The paper focuses on the need to reorient their work around results and equity, student engagement and development. It outlines twelve design principles for creating and sustaining such a transformation. Connected to this framework is a case study on civic cooperation in El Paso that documents the mobilization of civic capacity to support education reform by the El Paso Collaborative for Academic Achievement and other community partners in El Paso, Texas. The study describes the partnership's significant accomplishments in the face of numerous challenges, analyzes the keys to successful civic mobilization, and identifies obstacles still to be faced. (2002)