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Teachable Moments: New study reports bleak conditions for public schools
- 02-04-2010
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By Marsha Sutton/SDNN
“It’s the bleakest I’ve ever seen,” said a southern California high school principal, commenting on the impact of the recession on her school. This is the opening sentence of the executive summary of the “Educational Opportunities in Hard Times” report, released Jan. 22 by the Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access at the University of California Los Angeles. Subtitled “The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Public Schools and Working Families,” the IDEA report states that times were tough for public schools even before the current recession and statewide budget crisis. Eighteen months ago, researchers found the following: More than half of California’s students lived in families with earnings that qualified them for the federal Free and Reduced Price Lunch program. (more...)
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