To help you understand the issues and frame your advocacy and actions, MarinKids provides information including studies and policy briefs and snapshots of local data for each of the policy areas.
Marin Education Data
Marin Education Data Snapshots – 2012
Marin Education Data Snapshots – 2010
Marin Education Data Snapshots -2014
Education Research
Closing the Achievement Gap in Academic Performance – Ounce of Prevention
Heckman Equation: The Case for Investing in Disadvantaged Young Children, James J. Heckman, Ph.D.
Costs and Benefits of Universal Preschool in California, RAND
The Promise of Preschool for Narrowing Readiness and Achievement Gaps Among California’s Children, RAND
Kindergarten Readiness Data: Improving Children’s Success in School (Children Now)
A New Goal for America’s High Schools: College Preparation for All, Ron Haskins and James Kemple
Opinion: Economic Crisis is Imperiling Children (New York Times, 4/21/2009, Bob Herbert)
New Tracking System Indicates 1 in 4 CA Students Will Drop Out of High School (San Francisco Chronicle, 7/17/2008, Asimov)
GreatSchools.net (GreatSchools, Inc.)
America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2009 (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2009)
Predicting Success, Preventing Failure: An Investigation of the California High School Exit Exam
Recruiting Teachers To High-Need Schools: A Career Pathway That Builds On California’s Afterschool Infrastructure (Children Now)
Getting Down to Facts: School Finance and Governance in California (Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice, Stanford University)
Marin Education Data Snapshots -2014
Early Care and Education
Closing the Achievement Gap in Academic Performance – Ounce of Prevention
Heckman Equation: The Case for Investing in Disadvantaged Young Children, James J. Heckman, Ph.D.
Costs and Benefits of Universal Preschool in California, RAND
The Promise of Preschool for Narrowing Readiness and Achievement Gaps Among California’s Children, RAND
K-12 Education
Kindergarten Readiness Data: Improving Children’s Success in School (Children Now)
A New Goal for America’s High Schools: College Preparation for All, Ron Haskins and James Kemple
Opinion: Economic Crisis is Imperiling Children (New York Times, 4/21/2009, Bob Herbert)
New Tracking System Indicates 1 in 4 CA Students Will Drop Out of High School (San Francisco Chronicle, 7/17/2008, Asimov)
GreatSchools.net (GreatSchools, Inc.)
America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2009 (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2009)
Predicting Success, Preventing Failure: An Investigation of the California High School Exit Exam
Recruiting Teachers To High-Need Schools: A Career Pathway That Builds On California’s Afterschool Infrastructure (Children Now)
Getting Down to Facts: School Finance and Governance in California (Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice, Stanford University)