For decades, California has positioned itself as a national leader in education equity and school funding. However, new data shows that Black K-12 students in the Golden State are so far from reaching proficiency in reading and math that it will take them more than six decades to catch up.
The Ed Trust-West’s Black Minds Matter report released last week also found that only 17% of Black students in California have teachers who look like them compared to 87% of white students who have white teachers.
Given the slow pace of change, according to the report, generations of Black students will pass through a state education system that continues to fail them…