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Repairing California Education Jeff Camp August 11, 2009
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Jeff Camp's presentation from the August 11th event "Repairing California: Time for a Constitutional Convention" hosted by Repair California, Bay Area Council and Full Circle Fund. Jeff Camp is the Chair of Full Circle Fund's Education Circle, sits of the California Governor's Committee on Excellence in Education, and is the other of Full Circle Fund's Education Impact Guide.
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Repairing California Education
Jeff CampAugust 11, 2009
DifferentUSA California
4,500 words 75,000 wordsamended 17 times amended 500+ times
DifferentUSA California
4,500 words 75,000 wordsamended 17 times amended 500+ times
Revere it Repair it!
California 3.0 Time for a Constitutional Convention
Education Matters
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5.3%
8.2%
9.4%
14.7%$1,228
$978
$645 $591
$426
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$200
$400
$600
$800
$1,000
$1,200
$1,400
Master'sBachelor'sSome college
High School Graduate
No Diploma
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
16.0%
Median Weekly Earnings
in 2008(line)
Unemployment Rate in July '09
(bars)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey
Confronting the Facts
Years
Ahead
Years
Behind
National Average
Statewide Scores
AllStudents
Source: 2007 NAEP scores. Variance from average of 4th and 8th grade reading and math scale scores, divided by ten.
Massachusetts
Years
Ahead
Years
Behind
National Average
Massachusetts
California kids are a year behind
Statewide Scores
AllStudents
Years
Ahead
Years
Behind
Poverty
AllStudents
InPoverty Black Latino
Not inPoverty Asian White
National Averagefor students in poverty
National Averagefor students not in poverty
Years
Ahead
Years
Behind
Poverty
AllStudents
InPoverty Black Latino
Not inPoverty Asian White
California kids are behind
Years
Ahead
Years
Behind
California Kids Are Behind
AllStudents
InPoverty Black Latino
Not inPoverty Asian White
Why?
Most high-wage states
Spend a lot per student…
Most states follow this pattern
But California is about 30% below the norm.
California: Less of Everything
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0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
140.0
Total Staff Teachers
Staff per 1,000 Students in CA compared to Rest of USA
California
Rest of USA
+43%
+36%
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
Principals & Asst Prin.
Counselors District administrators
Staff per 1,000 Students in CA compared to Rest of USA
California
Rest of USA
+62%
+256%
+125%
It Wasn’t Always This Way
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0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
1970 2005
Percent of State Personal Income Invested in K-12
2009-10(est)
Why?
State 2/3
“Yes” and “No” votes don’t count
equally.
Golden Rule
1965
• Communities set local property taxes to pay for local schools
• Required local commitment.
• Very unequal funding based on existing patterns of wealth
1965 vs. Today
• Communities set local property taxes to pay for local schools
• Required local commitment.
• Very unequal funding based on existing patterns of wealth
• The state levies taxes and allocates funds for schools.
• Requires Sacramento support, not local.
• More equally allocated, but less funding overall.
Boom and Bust
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Time to Re-connect Schools and Communities
What About Equity?
One Solution: Matching Funds
Empowerment
California 3.0 Time for a Constitutional Convention
