LCFF: Leveraging Summer for School Success (2014)
A guide to help school leaders understand why and how summer learning is an essential strategy for implementing the Local Control Funding Formula.
Why summer learning matters
An introductory webpage explaining why high quality summer learning is essential to preventing summer learning loss.
Summer Learning Loss Video
A 2 minute video illustrating summer learning loss.
Linking Common Core and Expanded Learning (2014)
An article showing how after school programs can reinforce learning from the school day, and serve as partners in Common Core Standards implementation.
Time Well Spent (2014)
A report providing a set of strategic elements which school districts can use to leverage expanded learning time programs and resources in support of student learning.
From Vision to Reality: How to Build a School-based Health Center from the Ground Up
A toolkit on starting a school-based health center (SBHC).
California School-based Health Alliance: Toolkits and Services
A webportal to toolkits and reports to help start a school-based health center or improve and expand an existing health services and programs.
Need & Impact of School-Based Health Centers
A webpage with the latest information on the impacts of school-based health centers.
Healthier Students are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap (March 2010)
A review of the research regarding the case for investing in school-based health care and improving access to healthcare via schools.
Strategies
A website created by the CA Department of Social Services to provide outreach, education dissemination, training, and technical assistance to strengthen organizations to support families and communities.
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