Since 1962, the National Center for Community Education and the Coalition for Community Schools (NCCE) has been promoting community schools by providing leadership development, training and technical assistance. The Coalition is an alliance of 170 national, state and local organizations that promotes community schools as the most effective vehicle for integrating schools and community resources to ensure student success. Over the past century, local community schools have developed in various ways with community education playing a central role. Communities and school systems are rebuilding themselves block by block and family by family. This article discusses the benefits from community schools.