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K–12 Education

Evaluating resources and policies that improve student outcomes

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Statewide Survey · April 2024

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education

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Report · December 2023

Factors and Future Projections for K–12 Declining Enrollment

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Report · October 2023

Assessing Transitional Kindergarten’s Impact on Elementary School Trajectories

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Blog Posts

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April 2, 2024

California’s Cradle-to-Career Data System Hits Major Milestone

Iwunze Ugo

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March 13, 2024

Learning Recovery for Homeless Students Lags behind Other High-Need Groups

Brett Guinan, Julien Lafortune

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March 5, 2024

Student Homelessness Reaches 10% or Higher in Some Counties

Brett Guinan, Julien Lafortune

Events

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Statewide Survey: Californians and Education

April 11, 2024

Fact Sheet

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April 2024

California’s Digital Divide

Joseph Hayes, Eric Assan, Niu Gao

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November 2023

Financing California’s Public Schools

Julien Lafortune

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June 2023

Student Achievement on California’s K–12 Assessments

Iwunze Ugo, Emmanuel Prunty

Featured Blog Post · February 20, 2024

Chronic Absenteeism in K–12 Schools Remains Troublingly High

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Fact Cards

Over the past five years, enrollment has fallen in nearly three-quarters of California school districts.
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62% Percentage of California high school students who enroll in college a year after graduation.
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More than 1/3 of California’s schoolchildren are either current or former English Learners.
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Chronic absenteeism in California’s public K–12 schools nearly tripled from 2018–19 to 2021­–22 but has fallen slightly.
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At 47% and 35%, the share of California students meeting state standards in reading and math is the lowest since 2016.
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A majority of the nearly 6 million students in California’s public schools are “high need”—low-income, English Learner (EL), homeless, or foster youth.
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Meet the Team

Eric Assan

Research Associate

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Brett Guinan

Research Associate

Email 415-291-4448
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Joseph Hayes

Senior Research Associate

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Laura Hill

Policy Director and Senior Fellow

Email 415-291-4424
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Julien Lafortune

Research Fellow

Email 415-291-4473
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Emmanuel Prunty

Research Associate

Email 415-291-4431
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Iwunze Ugo

Research Fellow

Email 415-291-1122
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