Community schools and hubs

What does the research say?

Community schools and hubs refer to schools that also house a rich variety of programs and services for families and the community, including daycare, parenting programs, public health, and children's mental health services. In this section, you can find information and research about several community school models.

• 2011

  The measure of success: What really counts
  Annual report on Ontario schools, 2011

  People for Education, 2011. The report tracks programs and resources in schools, including things like special education waiting lists, percentages of schools with music teachers and teacher-librarians, fundraising amounts and.

• 2011

  School–community connections in Ontario, 2011

  People for Education, 2011. This chapter from the Annual Report on Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools 2011, includes research and analysis regarding school-community connections.

• 2010

  A new goal for public education: Schools at the centre
  Annual report on Ontario’s publicly funded schools 2010

  People for Education, 2010. Using data from the People for Education Annual School Survey, as well as information from the EQAO, Statistics Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Education, this.

• 2009

  Full-service schools: The future of the TDSB

  Toronto District School Board, 2009 Chris Spence, Director of Education at the Toronto District School Board, describes the concept of the community school, or full-service school. A “full service school” integrates.