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Now 43rd in per-student spending | Thoughts on Public Education

Now 43rd in per-student spending | Thoughts on Public Education

Now 43rd in per-student spending - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

Praised for its high academic standards and accountability measures, dinged for its low scores on the national standardized tests, low high school graduation rates, and disadvantages of high rates of poverty and non-English speaking households, California fell squarely in a crowded, mediocre middle – 30th among the states, in this year’s annual ratings by Education Week’s [...]