california education funding inequity

California’s Learning Recession Won’t Be Solved with More Test Prep — Photo by Stephen Leonardi on Pexels

Test Prep or Teacher Shortages: Broken Truth?

Almost 80% of California test-prep funds are absorbed by administrative overhead, meaning both test prep spending and teacher shortages are breaking student achievement. Test Prep: Untangling California's Education Funding Inequity When I dug into the state budget, the $5.6 billion pledge for test-prep programs stood out. Only