Mike Garcia is a former congressman who served California’s 25th and 27th districts between 2020–2025. He is chairman of America First Policy Institute’s California state chapter.
California’s education system is broken and needs deep, system-wide reform. Despite the state spending more than $18,000 on each student, public school performance continues to worsen. In the 2023–2024 school year, the rate of chronically absent students reached 20.4%, meaning...