PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, David Kordus, and Lunna Lopes
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Read in SpanishSome findings of the current survey:
- Most Californians say that state funding for local schools is inadequate; solid majorities favor a Proposition 30 income tax increase extension and state and local school bonds.
- Democrats and Republicans are divided on the Common Core standards. Still, a majority of Californians are confident that Common Core will help prepare students for college and careers.
- While few Californians have heard of the Local Control Funding Formula, a solid majority are supportive after being read a short description of the policy.
- Californians are concerned about preschool affordability; most favor using some of the state budget surplus to fund early childhood education programs.
The survey was supported with funding from the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation, the LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment, the Silver Giving Foundation, and the Stuart Foundation.