Education Initiatives

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation supports initiatives to get children communicate, learn and thrive by the beginning of third grade.

Centering Community In Decision-Making

The Foundation’s Community Councils, composed of racially and ethnically diverse community members, offer their wisdom and work alongside Rainin Foundation staff to strengthen our Education Program strategies and grantmaking.

Community Councils

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Foundational Skills

After the immediate success of SEEDS of Learning in transitional kindergarten (TK), we found that to maintain a child’s learning trajectory to third grade, literacy instruction and intervention in kindergarten through second grade (K-2) had to improve. We partnered with Oakland Unified School District, Education for Change Public Schools and Aspire Public Schools to pilot initiatives.

Foundational Skills

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation enhances quality of life by championing the arts, promoting early childhood literacy, and supporting research to cure chronic disease.

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