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The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
March 2010 Partnerships for Learning: Profiles of Three School-Community Partnership EffortsHarvard Family Research Project |
These three site-based profiles provide a snapshot of school–community partnerships in action and illustrate how diverse programs and models take advantage of these five core strategies to effectively build and sustain partnerships for learning. Each profile highlights certain aspects of how the partnerships have been applied in the day-to-day lives of schools and community-based programs. The profiles present three different approaches to partnerships for learning strategies, reflecting the diverse shapes of such partnerships in the field today. The partnerships profiled are
While each of these partnerships operates from a unique philosophy and model, the strategies and lessons are applicable to a wide range of sites and types of learning partnerships. Two of the three profiles focus on school–afterschool partnerships for learning, and one focuses on school partnerships with community institutions. We encourage readers to think about applying the lessons learned from all of these approaches to other models, including school-based partnerships with programs and organizations providing health, social service, and other diverse family and student supports.
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