"Statewide poll of principals reveals an increase in cutbacks and layoffs at schools, and unemployment and homelessness among families."
The state's children found no escape from harder times last year whether at school, where they endured larger classes, unfamiliar teachers and scarce supplies -- or at home, where they faced family stresses from emptier refrigerators, job losses and more frequent dislocation.
The grim compilation comes in a report to be released today by UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access and the University of California All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity.
"It's the bleakest I've ever seen," said one Los Angeles County school principal, who, like others in the principals survey, participated anonymously.
Among the report's findings:
* High-poverty schools were more than four times as likely (65.6% to 15%) as low-poverty schools to experience teacher layoffs.
The state's children found no escape from harder times last year whether at school, where they endured larger classes, unfamiliar teachers and scarce supplies -- or at home, where they faced family stresses from emptier refrigerators, job losses and more frequent dislocation.
The grim compilation comes in a report to be released today by UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access and the University of California All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity.
"It's the bleakest I've ever seen," said one Los Angeles County school principal, who, like others in the principals survey, participated anonymously.
Among the report's findings:
* High-poverty schools were more than four times as likely (65.6% to 15%) as low-poverty schools to experience teacher layoffs.
