About MCFL's Education Equity Initiatives
At Marin County Free Library, we want every child to reach their full potential. Yet, in Marin, thousands of children still face barriers to early childhood education, literacy development, and high school graduation on the basis of race and income.
Building on children’s strength and resilience, the library’s Education Equity Initiatives aim to close these gaps and expand opportunities for low-income students and students of color.
Goals
Working closely with families, school districts and community partners, we design inclusive, multilingual programs with high-need communities to:
- Increase Kindergarten Readiness and Third Grade Literacy
- Promote S.T.E.A.M. education and College-Career Readiness
- Engage students, parents, and caregivers in opportunities for self-development.
Current Initiatives
Focused in Marin City, South Novato and West Marin, our current Initiatives include:
- The Learning Bus mobile preschool and early childhood programs
- High-level support for school libraries: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy and Nicasio
- The Marinovation Learning Center, opens a new window at South Novato Library
- After-school literacy programs
- Summer learning intensives
- S.T.E.A.M.-based workforce development for teens (WebStars, opens a new window and XRStars, opens a new window)
Partnerships
Lead Partners:
- First 5 Marin
- Marin Promise Partnership
- Nicasio School
- Novato Unified School District
- Sausalito-Marin City School District
- Shoreline Unified School District
- XR Libraries/XR Marin
Education Initiatives are supported by the Friends of Marin County Free Library, Marin County Library Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, First 5 Marin, Parent Services Project, the County of Marin, Friends of the Marin City Library, Mike Wood, Tomales Bay Library Association, Donner Family Fund, the Friends of Novato Libraries, our generous donors, and Marin County voters for supporting Measure A.
