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2006-07
California Report Card
January 2007
 The
State of the State's Children
A new 40-page report presenting key indicators of how California's
children are faring and policy recommendations in the areas of health,
education and family well-being.
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Introduction
The new 2006-07 California Report Card: The State of the State's
Children identifies critical issues affecting children's well-being
and threatening to compromise public health and the economy. This
nonpartisan report assigns letter grades to individual issues,
such as a "C-" in early care and education, a "C-" in
K-12 education, and a "B-" in health insurance. Recommendations
are provided for how policymakers can better address children's
basic needs for growing into productive adults.
The report presents the most current data available on the status
of California's children, who represent 27% of all Californians
and 13% of the nation's kids:
- 760,000 California children, ages 0-18, don't have health insurance.
- One in three of California's 6- to 17-year-olds is obese or
overweight.
- About 58% of California's 3- and 4-year-olds do not attend
preschool.
- About 60% of California's 2nd- to 11th-graders did not meet
state goals for math and reading proficiency in 2006.
- As many as 30% of the state's children live in an economically-struggling
family, able to pay for only the most basic needs.
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