May 19, 2022
A comprehensive reading plan is the only way to address our early literacy crisis
The failure to teach California’s three million low-income students to be effective readers is the ultimate existential threat.
While California’s Local Control Funding Formula shifted control over budgeting and decision making from the state to local districts, the state and federal government still retain authority over setting broad education and school finance policies. In this section, find articles about pressing challenges to California’s education system, the state’s education reforms, how school districts are implementing them, and their impact.