Table of Contents
What Is Communities In Schools? xiii
A Note from Elaine Wynn xv
Foreword by President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter xvii
Foreword by Key Saldaña xix
Introduction: Dropout Nation xxxiii
Part I It All Starts with Relationships 1
Chapter 1 Programs Don't Change Kids-Relationships Do 3
Chapter 2 Why the Dropout Crisis Isn't Just an Education Issue 17
Chapter 3 Before the Three R's … the Real Basics 37
Part II In Search of Community 51
Chapter 4 Bureaucratic, Fragmented, and Duplicative … or Personal, Accountable, and Coordinated? 53
Chapter 5 The "Magic Eyes" of a Champion for Children 73
Chapter 6 The Third Side of the Triangle 95
Part III From Charity to Change 119
Chapter 7 A New Way of Thinking about Schools 121
Chapter 8 Going to Scale-the Evidence Is In 135
Chapter 9 From Awareness to Advocacy to Action 165
Afterword Communities In Schools … and Beyond: A Conversation with Rey Saldaña and Bill Milliken 179
Appendix 1 CIS Student Success Stories 203
Appendix 2 How to Get Involved 215
Appendix 3 Research on Asset-Based Approaches 227
Endnotes 231
Acknowledgments 237
About the Author 239