A recent RAND survey showed that based on standardized tests, California ranks 48 out of 50 states, scoring better only than Mississippi and Louisiana.
California students ranked 7th lowest in math, 3rd lowest in reading, and 2nd lowest in science in the country.
All public schools in California are ranked on a scale of 1 to 10 called the Academic Performance Index (API), 10 being the best. Half the schools in the LA Unified School District received failing scores of 1, 2 or 3.
Of graduation rates of the 50 largest cities in America, Los Angeles ranked 44th, with a 44% graduation rate from high school.
And the most horrific statistic of all: California spends more money on the construction of new prisons than on education. Future prison population is determined by the rate of literacy in third graders.
This must change. Lord, there is no limit to the work You can do. Use me somehow, some way, all for Your kingdom's cause while I'm here where you've strategically placed me, with educational equality as the primary step, and the salvation of lives as the ultimate goal.
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Got me curious what the schools in oxnard and el rio high ranked. El rio being the most ghetto in the city but I never forgotten the couple of great professors I had. Keep it up cuz!
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