During the past decade, California has leapfrogged a dozen states in per student funding, and its system for distributing the money to high-needs students is now among the most equitable in the nation. California is also an economic behemoth, the 5th largest economy in the world, with projections that it will surpass Germany to become the fourth. Compared with other states, though, California falls... <span class="read-more"><a href="https://edsource.org/2022/californias-school-finance-rankings-d-for-adequacy-b-for-equity-f-for-effort-yet-on-the-upswing/683463">read more</a></span>