REPORT RELEASE, February 23, 2009

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• “I believe there’s a lot of very good teachers … but I [worry about] … the lack of infrastructure and resources that are available for these people to actually do their jobs.”

---Father of California public school student

• “Its all about the zip codes in California. It’s good if you live in what you call the exclusive, good areas.”

---Mother of California public school student

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Demographic Categories of Schools

• 0-49% underrepresented students*;

• 50-89% underrepresented students;

• 90-100% underrepresented students.

*Underrepresented students refers to African American, Latino, and American Indian students who are underrepresented in California’s

colleges and universities.

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“If you have your bar way down there then that’s no contest for them. They’re not going to have anything to aspire to, but if you raise your bar up here then they’ll have to continually make themselves better.”

---Mother of California public school student.

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