Wisconsin Community Education Association

What is Community Education?

Community education is the educational philosophy that underlies community schools, advocates the creation of opportunities for community members — individuals, schools, businesses, and public and private organizations — to become partners in addressing community needs. Community education is most easily recognized in the community school, a facility that is open beyond the traditional school day for the purpose of providing academic, recreation, health, social service, and work-preparation programs for people of all ages. We give a great deal of gratitude to the people that make community education possible, and that would be the educators!