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"Things you didn't understand kept piling on top of each other. It affected all the core subjects of science, English and maths. It made me really anxious."

“I do question whether what may be a slight improvement in clarity is a distraction from the real issue: solving for the fact that California students are not mastering core subjects.”

Those results could then inform the citizens’ assembly process — identifying core subjects to discuss, as well as the kinds of information needed to answer the most important questions.

The crisis in recruiting and keeping teachers in state schools is real, with too few training to teach core subjects such as maths and physics.

Dual language programs, like the one Villalobos teaches in rural Mason County, provide Washington’s K-5 students the opportunity to learn core subjects in English and a second language, with many students becoming fluent in both by the time they leave elementary school.