California schools were once the nation's envy. What went wrong?

40 years ago, California was the model state for public schools across the nation. Now, they rank 43rd out of 50 in per-pupil spending, which is just one of the many problems California schools face due to a significant lack of funding. 

Richard Vogel for AP

The enormous strike in Los Angeles paints a grim picture of wealthy state that is struggling to fund its education system.

By Andrew Gumbel, The Guardian | 6/19/2019

California once had one of the best funded, most envied public education systems in the United States. Now school teachers in Los Angeles, who went on strike this week to vent years of frustration, say they struggle with overcrowded classrooms and children whose need for academic support, psychological services and English-language coaching outstrips anything they can provide. Read More