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In the first glimpse of California’s K-12 schools’ year-over-year progress since the pandemic, graduation rates hit some of their highest levels ever, absenteeism dropped significantly, and hundreds of districts showed academic improvements. But despite a few bright spots, most of the 13 measurements that California uses to gauge student achievement remained flat in the 2023 […]
When then-Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature created the Local Control Funding Formula a decade ago, their professed goal was to close the achievement gap separating poor and English-learner K-12 students from their more privileged contemporaries by providing more targeted instructional money. Education reform and civil rights groups applauded the effort but worried aloud about […]
When then-Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature created the Local Control Funding Formula a decade ago, their professed goal was to close the achievement gap separating poor and English-learner K-12
California's K-12 schools show progress after the pandemic, with graduation rates at record levels and absenteeism down. However, most indicators remain flat.