title: Aligning systems to create full-service schools: the Boston experience, so far.
abstract: Leaders of full-service schools in Boston seek to expand the number and increase the impact of Boston's full-service schools, catalyzing a realignment of public resources and an expansion of private investment. The Full-Service Schools Roundtable, led by a dynamic staff and supported by the mayor and the superintendent of schools, is a steadily growing coalition of educators, public agencies, human service providers, and community leaders. Challenges for the Roundtable are to build the public will to invest in full-service schools; secure leadership from stakeholders; share accountability across sectors so that schools prioritize youth development and health, and service providers share responsibility for school success; and become a political force, championing the strategic realignment of public investments based on child outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Community Matters, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bundy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001900:Boston; D002648:Child; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012922:Social Change; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration