Across California private educational foundations, which exist to support school districts, offer summer school for a fee. This week the pro bono law firm Public Counsel filed suit against the state, saying the programs are illegal "pay to learn" schemes.
Declines in math and reading scores on the 'nation's report card' were widespread, with about one in four eighth-graders achieving proficiency in math.
The alarming dip in math proficiency and smaller declines in English in the last two pandemic-disrupted school years hit students who were already behind.