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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.

Principal Charleston Brown oversees dismissal at Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood. His black students struggle to pass state tests in reading and math. Penni Gladstone / For CALmatters

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