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NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN SOME COUNTRIES.;Title proper from title frame.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Includes bibliographical references.;Addressing the needs of children lost in our public schools by embracing the whole child -- The core of professional competencies and knowledge essential to the effective implementation of a community school -- Teaching, learning and professional development in the community school -- Community schools as a results oriented strategy -- Sustaining the community school -- A call to action: national implications for policy and practice -- A toolkit of resources, ideas and inspirations.;Description based on print version record. This book provides a unique examination on the ways in which educating the whole child in the community school serves to ameliorate the conditions of poverty and obstacles to learning faced by students. Using a case study approach the book will highlight the successful journey of one school that transformed itself into a community school.