2021 Community Matters Report

The 2021 Community Matters Report presents a summary of an extraordinary year of challenges for Communities In Schools® (CIS™) and for public education in America. This year’s report emphasizes the need to ensure successful reengagement of all students and build a more equitable system of learning that will exist well beyond the initial return from the pandemic.

Highlights of this year’s report include:

• Summaries of the impacts of COVID-19 on schools, students, and their families
• Perspectives on the systemic inequities in public education made more clear by the pandemic
• A framework for creating more equitable conditions for learning
• Collaborative solutions for engaging all students 
• Research insights and policy recommendations
• Success stories of how schools, students, families, communities, and CIS staff members continued to work together to find ways to succeed – even during a pandemic

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