Santa Monica, a Lifelong Learning Community
HOMEPAGE
LLC LINKS
CALL TO ACTIONGOALS FOR A MASTER PLAN
CRADLE TO CAREER
NEWSLETTERS
RESEARCH
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Early Childhood Initiative Plan (2001)
City of Santa Monica Early Childhood Iniative Plan.pdf
Childcare Policy (1991)
City of Santa Monica ChildCare Policy June, 1991.pdf
City of Santa Monica Human Services (All Planning Documents are listed there.)
http://www.santa-monica.org/hsd/plans_guides.htm#Kids in SM
These very interesting and compelling slides are from a presentation I attended at the January 2011 Community Colleges League of California Legislative Conference. The slides were presented by keynote speakers Dewayne Matthews, Vice President for Policy and Strategy of the Lumina Foundation for Education.
http://www.ccleague.org/files/public/LegConf/Matthews.pdf
California Schools Lag Behind Other States
California's public school system, a national leader 30 years ago, now lags behind on almost every objective measurement of student achievement, funding, teacher qualifications and school facilities.
News Release:
http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG186/
Download Full Document (PDF)
www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG186.pdf
Download Summary (PDF)
www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG186.sum.pdf
RAND Education Research:
www.rand.org/research_areas/education/index.html
RAND Study on The Economics of Investing in Universal Preschool Education in California
http://rand.org/publications/MG/MG349/index.html