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Adult Literacy Development and Economic Growth.  National Institute for Literacy.  August 2010.

Michigan School Data now available at new website: miSchoolData.org

Revenues and spending of Michigan's urban, suburban, town and rural school districts, 2004-2010.  Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

   Schools   Due to the high number of schools in the county, we have moved their links and reports to a separate page. Statistics and data applying to the entire county or region/state will continue to be on this page.              

•  ACT & MME Results. 2007. Jackson County.

• Adult Literacy Development and Economic Growth.  National Institute for Literacy.  August 2010.

• Annual Report. 2008. Baker College of Jackson.

• Center for Educational Performance & Information. Office of the State Budget.

• Characteristics of private schools in the U.S. 2007-8. National Center for Education Statistics.
• Community Assessment. 2008. Community Action Agency. Includes statistics on health insurance coverage by education level.

• Community Report Card. 2008. United Way of Jackson County. Includes sections on truancy, MEAP results, graduation rates and satisfaction with schools.

• Countywide Directory. 2009-2010. 2008-2009. Jackson County Intermediate School District.

• Double jeopardy: how third-grade reading skills and poverty influence high school graduation by Donald J. Hernandez. April 2011. Keywords: graduation, reading proficiency, poverty, third grade, high school.

• Education Statistics. World Bank.

• Five graphs show state of American women. Collected from Yahoo March 1, 2011. Keywords: age, birth, education, bachelor's degree, earnings, activities, hours, obesity, race, ethnicity.

• Graduation Rates Mixed Results. July 9, 2009. Jackson Citizen Patriot.

• Indirect county & state estimates of the percentage of adults at the lowest literacy level for 1992 & 2003. National Assessment of Adult Literacy. Appendices B & C list states' percentage rates for 2003 and 1992, respectively.

• Jackson Community College. Budget. 2010.

• Jackson Community College Foundation.

•  Jackson County school enrollment figures 2005-2009.

• Jackson County Intermediate School District. Budget. 2008-9. Appropriations. 2006-9. Technology Plan. 2006-9.

• Michigan Adult Learning Report. 2008.

• Michigan Department of Education.

MEAP School and District Summaries.

• Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth, 2008: Jackson County Schools

Alcohol and Other Drugs:  High Schools      Middle Schools

Community Domain:         High Schools      Middle Schools

Family Domain:                  High Schools      Middle Schools

Individual/Peer Domain:    High Schools      Middle Schools

Physical Activity:               High Schools      Middle Schools

Sex:                                   High Schools      Middle Schools

Tobacco:                           High Schools      Middle Schools     

Violence:                           High Schools      Middle Schools

Weight:                             High Schools         Middle Schools

• Michigan estimates of low literacy, by county. 2003. National Assessment of Adult  Literacy.

• Michigan School Data available:  miSchoolData.org

• MME results: Spring 2009 Jackson County Schools.

• National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.

• National Institute for Literacy.

• Number of homeless students at Jackson Public Schools doubles. Jackson Citizen Patriot. March 29, 2009.

• President's Quarterly Update.  December 2007. Jackson Community College.

• Revenues and spending of Michigan's urban, suburban, town and rural school districts, 2004-2010.  Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

• School Data Direct Report. Jackson County Schools. Includes statistics on math and reading proficiency, ratio of students per teacher, enrollment, percent of students from economically disadvantaged environments, grade levels in the schools and whether the school is a charter school.

• School Daze. March 2009. Center for Michigan. This report includes a list of every Michigan school district's record on length of school year, cancellations, and causes.

• School District Map. Jackson County. Michigan Center for Geographic Information.

• School Report Cards. Michigan Department of Education.

• School Safety Report. 2007-8. This large file has recorded incidents, including homicide, bomb threat, larceny, suicide, alcohol and drug use,  broken down by school.  Jackson County schools are found on pages 309-332.

• 2nd annual progress report. 2009. Michigan Future.  From when the recession began in December 2007 through January 2009, low education attainment industries (primarily manufacturing, construction, retail and hospitality) have suffered job losses of 3,735,000, while the high education attainment industries have added 163,000 jobs. (High education attainment industries didn’t peak until August 2008 and have since lost 247,000 jobs.)

• State of Michigan 2007 4-Year Cohort Graduation/Dropout Rate Report.

• A stronger nation through higher education--starting right here in Michigan. Lumina Foundation for Education. Includes table of Michigan county college graduate percentages and numbers.

• U.S. Department of Education.