PDS and Community Schools

<p>How the <em>Professional Development School and Community School </em>strategy might benefit from an integrated perspective serves as the guiding framework for this volume of <em>Research in Professional Development Schools</em>. This book advocates for blending these two approaches to address the needs of P-20 settings and their communities. Because we recognize the inherent strengths in both models we encouraged chapters that had as a primary focus one or both models as they sought to support teacher preparation and K-12 partners. Subsequently a series of questions framed the conversation around the potential for combining these models as well as what such an integrated model might present for teacher education programs K-12 partners and their communities. Since this volume explores three different aspects of the relationship between <em>Professional Development Schools and Community Schools</em> a set of guiding questions were offered to guide the specific models addressed. </p>