Education News
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- Californias English learner students are learning faster - Sacramento Bee 3 Sep 2010 | 3:09 am
- Chevron not among bidders for Mt. Diablo schools massive solar project - San Jose Mercury News 2 Sep 2010 | 6:20 pm
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- Education Funding Bills Passed 1 Sep 2010 | 7:18 pm
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- Fuel Your School: Chevron Gas Stations to Drive $1 Million to Local Public Schools Funds - PR Inside 1 Sep 2010 | 10:57 am
- P.M. Bay Area Buzz: Rocks thrown through window of NAACP chapter; Funding issues put squeeze on ... - San Jose Mercury News 30 Aug 2010 | 7:13 pm
- Can California keep achievement high as funding drops? After public schools take $17 billion hit ... - Santa Cruz Sentinel 30 Aug 2010 | 2:45 am
- Begging for an education - Los Angeles Times 27 Aug 2010 | 10:16 pm
- Race to the Top Phase 2 Results 24 Aug 2010 | 2:30 pm
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California Public School Funding and Achievement
| Educational Funding - California |
The Federal Education Budget Project has a great interactive map with data on federal funding, demographics and student achievement for every school district in the country. Information is ranked for the country. Some of the available items include:
- State Per-Pupil Expenditures: Map | Analysis
- Student Poverty Rates: Map | Analysis
- School Finance Equity: Map | Analysis
- 4th Grade Math Proficiency: Map | Analysis
- 4th Grade Reading Proficiency: Map | Analysis
- 8th Grade Math Proficiency: Map | Analysis
- 8th Grade Reading Proficiency: Map | Analysis
There's also a researcher download, with information specific to California, and with detail down to the the District level. Within the Bay Area, among the top funded, Palo Alto Unified at $11,028 per pupil. Among the lesser funded, Franklin Elementary in Oakland, at $5,475. There's also information on poverty levels. Respectively for these two schools, these are six and ten percent.
Last Updated (Tuesday, 27 July 2010 06:52)



