by CISGA | Dec 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured Articles, News, Our Work in Schools
Getty Images Think of Education as More Than Just School By Kwame Owusu-Kesse and Geoffrey Canada | Chief executive and president of Harlem Children’s Zone Since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, schools have failed to eliminate the opportunity gap between Black...
by CISGA | Oct 29, 2020 | Featured Articles, Our Work in Schools
Communities in Schools Georgia meets students where they are. This is a no judgement zone…a place where students can transform their lives. Dr. Craig Lockhart, Superintendent, Dooly County School System Connections – CIS Cornerstone for Success Dooly County...
by CISGA | Oct 27, 2020 | Featured Articles, Our Work in Schools
Why Rural Matters to CIS, More Than Ever Too often, support for rural communities is either insufficient or nonexistent because the return on investment is not considered impactful enough due to the small size of the communities and the lack of generalizability to...
by CISGA | Oct 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Our Students
“Communities in Schools changed my trajectory. I wouldn’t be where I am today without that intervention and support.” —Fredrick Bailey, former CIS student & Director of Community Engagement & Operations at CIS of Georgia in Henry County Vision to Become a...
by webmaster | Mar 28, 2018 | Featured Articles
The Georgia Coalition for Public Education brought together about 100 teachers, principals, superintendents, state educational leaders, and education advocates recently to look at “community schools.” As the state’s premiere model in student support or student...
by webmaster | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured Articles, Our Work in Schools
Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal, Yaarab Shriners and CIS-served students are honoredOn Monday, February 19, as the Nation observed President’s Day, Communities In Schools of Georgia (CISGA) – the state’s premiere model for dropout prevention and wrap-around student...
