Learn About Edina Community Ed

Great neighborhoods, communities, and schools don't just happen. They are created and sustained by people who show up. People like you! Edina Community Ed is where Edina Public Schools intersect with the broader community. We have a vital role to play as a gateway and a connector who brings people together.

Community Education is a unique education concept that embraces these beliefs:

Education is a lifelong process
Everyone in the community - individuals, businesses, public and private agencies - shares responsibility for educating all members of the community
Citizens have a right and a responsibility to be involved in determining community needs, identifying community resources, and linking those needs and resources to improve their community.

Community Education results in:

A responsive education system and an improved learning climate in the schools
Efficient and cost-effective ways of delivering education and community services
Broad-based community support for schools and other community agencies
An emphasis on special populations, such as at-risk youth and minorities
Collective action among all educational and community agencies to address quality of life issues

Working together - through Community Education - communities can address such concerns as:

This information was provided by the Minnesota Community Education Association,
which can be seen at www.mn-mcea.org