Marcus Epps, a resident in the Black Educator Teacher Residency, teaches a math lesson to a third grade class at Castle Elementary School in Bakersfield.
Credit: Emma Gallegos / EdSource
California needs to do much better for Black students, and the efforts to do so as of late are few, far between and watered down.
For years, our state has been looked to as a leader on education equity and pointed to as a model for other states on equitable funding and other programs. Yet from its inception, the Local Control Funding Formula has left out Black students, the student group denied the most support and resources from schools. And despite years of “equity” being an increasingly heard buzzword in Sacramento, we are still seeing alarmingly low progress on academic outcomes.
Now, in the wake of increasing hostility around acknowledging the legacy of slavery and its continued impact on Black people in America, the recent…
