Today, when we consider the new challenges confronting education--and our whole society--it seems especially difficult to know what we should expect from our schools. Challenges such as the gap in student achievement, violence and racial and ethnic tensions have a powerful and immediate impact on our schools. What do we want our students to know and be able to do? What can schools do to help them achieve these goals? What can we do, as a community, to help improve education?

Community members and schools need to work together to make education in their community all that it can be. Dialogue-to-change programs can help people build the trusting relationships necessary for long-term change. People from diverse backgrounds and experiences develop trust, understand each other's experiences, and work together on solutions.

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January 13, 2010 | The News & Advance | Lynchburg, Virginia School chiefs: Candor key to closing student achievement gaps

November 16, 2009 | National Social Studies Supervisors Association's fall 2009 Leader Journal Montgomery County, Md., Public Schools take hands-on approach to civic education Montgomery County, Md.: Where the Public Schools are Taking a Hands-on Approach to Civic Education
by John Landesman and Molly Holme Barrett

September 30, 2009 | Seacoast Media Group | Portsmouth, New Hampshire A call for “study circles” on school redistricting plan Let parents take part in redistricting city schools

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