Communities In Schools is the nation's largest dropout prevention organization.
The mission of Communities In Schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
By bringing caring adults into the schools to address children’s unmet needs, Communities In Schools provides the link between educators and the community. The result: teachers are free to teach, and students – many in jeopardy of dropping out – have the opportunity to focus on learning.
Communities In Schools President Dan Cardinali testified on Capitol Hill Thursday April 22, 2010 before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions to urge inclusion of integrated student services in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
Alvin Miranda used to spend his days dripping with sweat in a dusty warehouse. With little relief from a fan blowing hot air, he stripped rubber of... {read more}


