Report: Calif. budget cuts hit poor schools harder

03-22-2011

By Christina Hoag/Business Week

Three years of state budget cuts have widened the gap between schools in poor and wealthy communities while diminishing the quality of education in California overall, according to a report released Monday by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles. "In 2011, California public schools struggle to provide all students with a quality education amidst economic crisis and deep cuts to education spending," said the report from UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. The report, based on a survey last summer of 277 high school principals throughout the state, said while $18 billion in budget cuts have hit all school districts, wealthier schools have been able to weather the financial crunch better. (more...)

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