School-community partnerships in Maine
Published: 2021
Publication Name: Maine Education Policy Research Institute
Publication URL: https://mepri.maine.edu/files/2021/05/MEPRI-report-School-Community-Partnerships-final-052421.pdf
Abstract:
The Maine State Legislature commissioned the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) to conduct a study to identify schools or districts that are leveraging community resources through partnerships to expand the services they provide to students, families or staff, and to describe those programs and partnerships, as well as the strategies and challenges associated with forming and sustaining partnerships of this type. MEPRI focused this study on how partnerships are supporting the physical, mental, and social health and wellness of students and their families, given that these have been areas of growing concern for Maine schools and education policymakers in recent years and even more so during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This study was jointly funded by the Maine State Legislature, and the University of Maine System.
Fairman, J., Biddle, C., & Chien, M. (2021). School-community partnerships in Maine. Maine Education Policy Research Institute. https://mepri.maine.edu/files/2021/05/MEPRI-report-School-Community-Partnerships-final-052421.pdf