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“California’s public education system is immense: more than six million students in about 9,000 schools, governed by almost 1,000 elected school boards regulated by a complex Education Code and a finance system that is largely controlled by the Legislature and governor.”

--Ed-Data

EdSource Online

EdSource Online www.edsource.org offers a wealth of information on the basics of California school funding. EdSource is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit agency that studies and reports on California school finance, whose mission is to “clarify complex education isssues and promote thoughtful policy decisions.”

Ed-Data

The Ed-Data website provides a wealth of data on California’s K-12 schools provided by a collaboration between the California Department of Education, EdSource (see above) among others. Data is collected by the California Department of Education from schools, teachers, districts, and counties, certified and released by the CDE, and then published on Ed-Data as a searchable database of reports. We recommend you go to the Ed-Data home page http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/welcome.asp then search District reports. There are a variety of reports you can select from the pull down menu. (Financial Reports for District is a great place to start.) You may also want to read their articles on various Education topics.

A PBS Documentary in Seven Parts

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PART 7

...and Some Useful and Interesting Links

California Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/

PACE – Policy Analysis for California Education http://pace.berkeley.edu/

National Center or Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/

Public Education Finance Report 2004 http://ftp2.census.gov/govs/school/04f33pub.pdf from the US Census Bureau

History of American Education http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/ a web project maintained by Professor Robert N. Barger.

Learning Matters, an independent, non-profit production company focused on education - http://learningmatters.tv/

PART 2

PART 4

PART 6

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