With California’s K-12 public education consistently being ranked below average among the rest of the states in recent years, many questions have come up about what contributes to this trend and how California children are faring as a result.
Numerous activist groups across the state have demanded that California’s Department of Education make drastic changes to the system. This includes organizations pushing for more charter schools, demanding the removal of certain controversial sex-ed curricula, and stressing the need to give parents more flexibility in their right to choose where their child goes to school.
