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Pressure mounts on Gov. Newsom to fix education funding for English learners

A scathing audit on school funding that found the state did not meet promises made six years ago to help English language learners, foster children and students from poor families sets up a 2020 test of the clout of the

State auditor will review how $30 billion in Local Control Funding Formula grant money was spent

Chris Reed October 17, 2019

New reports show that six years after Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature approved a sweeping overhaul in how school funds were divvied up, the evidence is mixed that the overhaul is accomplishing its main goal: improving the academic performance

Strike or no strike, L.A. Unified in desperate financial shape

Chris Reed January 10, 2019

Leaders of the Los Angeles Unified School District, by far California’s largest school district, are struggling to head off a teachers’ strike that a state judge ruled Thursday can begin Monday. United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), which represents 35,000 teachers,

Massive new K-12 report offers downbeat findings in four areas

Chris Reed September 24, 2018

In 2007, researchers associated with Stanford University released “Getting Down to Facts” – a massive compilation of studies of the California K-12 public school system. The hundreds of pages of voluminous research allowed both the state education establishment and its critics

Poor test scores raise new doubts about landmark 2013 school finance law

Chris Reed April 19, 2018

Five years after Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature passed a sweeping new school finance law meant to provide extra help to struggling students in poor, minority communities, new federal test scores raise difficult questions about the effectiveness of the

Study: More funding, local autonomy improved graduation rates

Avery Bissett February 26, 2018

California’s adoption of the Local Control Funding Formula in 2013 has been a win for the Golden State’s education system, according to a new UC Berkeley/Learning Policy Institute study. Passed in 2013, LCFF provided school districts with more discretion in

In school superintendent race, it’s Democratic reformer vs. union ally

Chris Reed February 13, 2018

The 2018 race for state superintendent of public instruction may not have an incumbent but is likely to feel like an encore of the 2014 race, pitting a Democrat aligned with the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of

Study raises doubts about effects of local control in schools

Chris Reed September 12, 2017

When Gov. Jerry Brown persuaded the Legislature to pass the Local Control Funding Formula in 2013 – the biggest change in public education in California this century – he used two main selling points. The first was that the law would direct

Happy talk belies L.A. Unified’s grim financial picture

Chris Reed June 23, 2017

The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District passed a $7.5 billion 2017-18 budget this week on a 5-1 vote with Superintendent Michelle King touting the fact that the spending plan doesn’t include teacher layoffs or significant classroom disruptions.

3 new studies rap how school ‘reform’ law is working

Chris Reed April 19, 2016

In 2013, after working with the Legislature for months on a comprehensive overhaul of California’s public school finances, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). The governor called the law “historic” and hailed its dual goals: providing