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Marin Voice: Community Schools Offer Strategy Toward Educational Equity
Foundation: Marin Community Foundation
"We all have a stake in ensuring that every child thrives in school, and that each child in every part of our county has the opportunity to learn and achieve to the best of their ability."
Those are the words of Tenisha Tate-Austin, director of collaborative action for Marin Promise Partnership, a collective impact organization in San Rafael, Calif., that's working to make that happen.
Over the next five years, the group hopes to secure $10 million in grants from the California Community Schools Partnership Program to help the five school districts in Marin Countywith more than 80% of its students of color and economically disadvantaged studentsbecome more equitable, the Marin Independent Journal reports.
The grants, likely totaling well over $10 million, "represent an unprecedented opportunity to help Marin's education system become more equitable," according to a press release from the Marin County Office of Education.
"After decades of research, educators have found that it isn't just providing extra services on campus that improves student outcomes," the release states.
"Community schools are effective when they include intentional processes that bring youth and families to the same table with teachers, administrators, and community agencies to understand the systemic barriers students and families are facing in our community, and to collaboratively develop solutions."
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