Closing California’s Education Gap
Though today it might be hard to tell, California once boasted the nation’s premier public schools. “There was a time when California’s education system was really the envy of the nation,” said moderator and Los Angeles Times editorial pages editor Jim Newton to the crowd gathered at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy for the Zócalo-Public Policy Institute of California event. Forward-looking governors presided over an expanded higher education system that offered valuable and affordable opportunities. “Today by contrast, California’s education troubles are manifold. That has implications for …
