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K-12 Education

California’s public K-12 schools educate millions amid declining enrollment, teacher shortages and an achievement gap between wealthier and poorer students. We probe what’s working and what isn’t.

A new gymnasium at Burnt Ranch Elementary School in Trinity County, where it took three years to address a massive mold problem. A backlog of school facilities repairs across California prompted Proposition 13 on the March 2020 ballot. Photo by Dave Woody for CalMatters
Students walk near Meiklejohn Hall at California State University East Bay. Al Cal State campuses will begin requiring and ethnic studies course for graduation under a new law. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

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