Hayin Kimner

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Hayin Kimner
Senior Policy and Research Fellow,
Community Schools Learning Exchange

Hayin Kimner is is the managing director for the CA Community Schools Learning Exchange (CSLX) and a nonresident fellow in the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. She is also a senior policy and research fellow at Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). Kimner is an educational practitioner, researcher and evaluator, and policy advocate with a focus on community school systems and partnerships. She served as a senior program director for the Opportunity Institute and has led the development of district-wide and citywide community school strategies for both the San Francisco Unified School District and the Emery Unified School District. Kimner currently works with organizations focused on advancing whole-child and equity research, policies, and practices. She received her PhD from Stanford Graduate School of Education.

updated 2021

Contributing topics
Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education
Continuous school improvement & support
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
Continuous Improvement and Support Systems in California
COVID-19 Recovery
Getting Down To Facts II
Hayin Kimner in the Media
: Stages of Development in Transforming Schools into Community Schools
: Education-Focused Panel to Feature Nationally-Recognized Experts, PACE Senior Policy Research Fellow Hayin Kimner
: Increased Government Funding Recognizes the Need for Strong Community School Technical Assistance
: Will California’s $4.1-Billion Bet on ‘Community Schools’ Transform K–12 Education?
: Community Schools: Lessons Learned/Lessons Shared
Publications by Hayin Kimner
PB Cottingham July 2020
Supporting Learning in the COVID-19 Context
Research to Guide Distance and Blended Instruction
Though the delivery of instruction in the 2020–21 school year will be altered to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, a long-standing research base on high-quality instruction can inform decisions about students’ learning and engagement. The following…
Education Equity in California
Education Equity in California
A Review of Getting Down to Facts II Findings
This brief focuses on implications for equity in the research findings of Getting Down to Facts II (GDFTII). Policymakers changed education funding and governance with the 2014 enactment of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), Gov. Jerry Brown’…