What our schools need: a student's-eye view

California’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) will increase funds for school districts with large populations of “high need” students.  How actively communities will engage with the budgeting process remains to be seen, but, when asked, students have a lot to say about what should be done with the school money.  YouthWire asked high school students across the state to weigh in on that question, using photographs and their own words.  "[C]lassrooms at Golden Valley are filled to the max with about 35-45 students per classroom... Much of this is not due to lack of classrooms, but to budget cuts which restrict the hiring of new teachers."  The photos themselves speak volumes, in the piece on New America Media.