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Fact Sheet · June 2022

California’s Digital Divide

Access to broadband and computing devices has grown steadily over the past several years, but gaps persist: digital access is still lower in California’s low-income, Black, and Latino households.

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California’s Digital Divide

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Science Education

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California’s Digital Divide

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The Digital Divide in Education

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Understanding the Effects of School Funding

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Community College Math in California’s New Era of Student Access

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The Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

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June 2022

California’s Digital Divide

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Financing California’s Public Schools

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The Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

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California’s Population

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Fact Cards

29% Share of K–12 students who lack reliable internet service at home.
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2 in 3 Californians support the state making its own policies to address global warming.
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90% Most Californians say housing affordability is a problem in their part of the state.
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66% Most California adults favor providing health care to undocumented immigrants.
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81% of registered California voters cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential election.
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Nearly 40% of California’s schoolchildren are either current or former English Learners.
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Schools were a key source of food for low-income families despite closures during the pandemic.
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A majority of the 6 million students in California’s public schools are “high need”—low-income, English Learner (EL), or foster youth.
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California’s prison population fell by 27,500 prisoners during the pandemic, or 7,500 more than any other state.
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