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“It’s almost the opposite of what we were asking for,” said Debra Watkins, the founder and executive director of the California-based A Black Education Network.

Black leaders are criticizing a compromise plan by Gov. Newsom as not doing enough to help close the achievement gap of Black students.

Civil rights law firm files complaint for staffing violations at Marina Middle School

Funding for Proposition 98 in 2023-24 would be $1.5 billion less than appropriated last year; districts and charter schools would get an 8.1% inflation adjustment – their top priority.

Alarming chronic absence rates are included with student data from 2021-22 accompanying a revived California School Dashboard.

Student data from 2021-22 revealed that chronic absences were rising to record levels alongside graduation rates.

There are 40% more teachers in poor schools who lack the required qualifications than in the richest schools, an EdSource analysis found.

Across California, low-income students are more likely to have unqualified teachers, but what has been a longstanding problem of inequity between rich and poor schools may be showing progress. Among all schools statewide, the rate for unqualified teachers is lowest in the wealthiest schools and higher in the rest.  There are 40% more teachers in poor schools who lack the required qualifications than in... <span class="read-more"><a href="https://edsource.org/2022/poo...

Across California, low-income students are more likely to have unqualified teachers, but what has been a longstanding problem of inequity between rich and poor schools may be showing progress.