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alifornia is a study in contradictions. How is it that
the fi fth largest economy in the world is also in the
bottom fi fth of U.S. states in nearly every measure
of K-12 education funding? It’s mind-blowing.
Our not-so-Golden State ranks 41st nationally
in per-student funding, 45th in the percent-
age of taxable income spent on education, and
45th in student-teacher ratios. And K–12 public
school funding in California has not substantially
increased, on an inflation-adjusted basis, for
more than a decade.
How did we get here and what can we do to
make the kind of investment in public education
befitting a global economic power? Recently,
gmhTODAY spoke with local and regional
education leaders to find out.
GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
april/may 2019
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