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California schools scored big increases in funding but not in academic performance
California schools' funding went from next-to-the-last to 13th highest while Gavin Newsom has been governor. But reading and math test scores didn't rise as high.
What happened
According to CalMatters’s source item, California schools scored big increases in funding but not in academic performance, California schools’ funding went from next-to-the-last to 13th highest while Gavin Newsom has been governor. But reading and math test scores didn’t rise as high.
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- California schools scored big increases in funding but not in academic performanceCalMatters - 2026-05-08T12:00:00+00:00
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