why we look atprek through 12 education chlts all of these pieces are related. and what we ha seen is there is a huge emp ss on k 12 education the past decade. and we have made some really vast improvement in the area. around funding and around support. hanges to the accountability syste and so not only do we still need improvement in k 12. but the early childhood paces haven't been attended to. >> jill, funding alone can't fix everything. you would think some of the problems would have been mitigated because california hasz put in place finance reform. aimed at improving education. sce 2005. a formula tha le local districts determine how to spend state money. but best serves their so why haven't we seen more im ovement? >> we have seen some. and some places. but n wed to look at how to focus those dollars better. the report also states that california is last when it comes to counsellors and things like that. $100 per kid we could have better mental healthcare and healthcare for all students in the stay. the report says that to adequately fund schools compared