K-12 Education - Public Policy Institute of California

Latest Publications

Cover photo of Higher Education in California: 2017 Update

Higher Education in California October 2019 Hans Johnson, Sarah Bohn, Kevin Cook, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Jacob Jackson, Courtney Lee, Shannon McConville, Patrick Murphy, Olga Rodriguez

Higher education is a key driver of economic growth and individual opportunity in California. Substantial gains in college enrollment and graduation rates—particularly among historically underrepresented…

Higher Education in California: Improving College Completion October 2019Jacob Jackson, Kevin Cook, Hans Johnson

Higher Education in California: Strengthening Career Education October 2019Sarah Bohn, Shannon McConville

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government September 2019Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Alyssa Dykman, Rachel Lawler

Common Core State Standards in California: Evaluating Local Implementation and Student Outcomes September 2019Niu Gao, Julien Lafortune

English Learner Trajectories and Reclassification September 2019Julian Betts, Laura Hill, Karen Bachofer, Joseph Hayes, Andrew Lee, Andrew C. Zau

School Resources and the Local Control Funding Formula: Is Increased Spending Reaching High-Need Students? August 2019Julien Lafortune

More Publications

Blog

Video: Californians and Their Government October 8 2019Mary Severance

photo - diverse group of high school students in a library

Should Applying for College Financial Aid Be a High School Requirement? September 19 2019Courtney Lee

Californians Favor Funds for School Construction September 18 2019Dean Bonner

photo - Row of Elementary Students Working on an Assignment

How Are School Districts Spending Their LCFF Dollars? September 11 2019Julien Lafortune

Events

October 25, 2019 Improving Educational Opportunity in California

October 3, 2019 Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

Event Video

August 8, 2019 School Resources and the Local Control Funding Formula

Event Video

April 25, 2019 Statewide Survey: Californians and Education

Event Video

More Events

PPIC Experts

Interactives

View maps and other interactives

View Interactives

Data Sets

Download K-12 Education data from Data Depot

View Data

K-12 Education Chart: Funding for California schools has improved but may still be inadequate

BY THE NUMBERS

State funding has risen from recession lows—but still lags behind the rest of the nation

California’s K–12 spending averaged $10,785 per student in 2017, about $1,200 less than the average amount in the rest of the nation.

School Resources and the LCFFAugust 2019

RELATED CENTER

PPIC STATEWIDE SURVEY

LEARN MORE