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[quote=Anonymous]California has some of the most poorly funded schools in the nation, despite its wealth. Other states fund schools through property taxes, but California effectively eliminated this as a funding source in the late 1970s, and the cost to infrastructure and education has unfortunately caught up. The schools are either subsidized by parent contributions and local parcel taxes in wealthy areas or are abysmally underfunded in less wealthy areas, with people of means opting out for private or parochial schools. I think we will see a sea change in the next 10 years, but it's incredibly depressing that the system had to break so dramatically for people to care. California used to have one of the best public education systems in the nation.[/quote]
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