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Compiled by Mike Myslinski Percent of CTA members who voted in the November 2014 general election, compared with the statewide voter turnout of only 42.2 percent. 61.8 P E RC E N T California's poor nationwide ranking among all states in per-pupil education spending as of the 2011-12 school year, according to the new "Quality Counts" survey released by Education Week in January. P L A C E Amount of new funding for grades K-12 and community colleges that Gov. Jerry Brown proposed in his Jan. 5 state budget plan. 7.8 billion D O L L A R S The amount of new education technology product investment in 2014 by venture capitalists, a 55 percent increase from the year before, the New York Times reported Jan. 12. 1.87 billion D O L L A R S W E C O M B T H E M E D I A D A I LY for the best quotes and statistics about public education. If you discover a quote or stat you think we should highlight, send it along with your name to editor@cta.org. "TEACHERS NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, BUT NEVER FORGET: THEY HAVE A TOUGH JOB TO DO. THEY NEED OUR ENCOURAGEMENT, NOT ENDLESS REGULATIONS AND MICROMANAGEMENT FROM AFAR." —California Gov. J E R R Y B R O W N , in his Jan. 5 inaugural address for a historic fourth term. "I WILL BE A FIGHTER FOR OUR CHILDREN, WHO DESERVE A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION, AND FOR STUDENTS BURDENED BY PREDATORY LENDERS AND SKYROCKETING TUITION. AND I WILL FIGHT RELENTLESSLY TO PROTECT OUR COAST, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND OUR SENIORS." —California Attorney General K A M A L A H A R R I S , announcing on Jan. 13 that she's running for the U.S. Senate seat of Barbara Boxer, who is retiring in 2016. "CLUTTER IS CAUSED BY A FAILURE TO RETURN THINGS TO WHERE THEY BELONG." —M A R I E K O N D O , author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. "We see the governor's continued commitment to a brighter future for our state by allocating funds to repay the billions of dollars that had been cut from students, schools and colleges." —CTA President D E A N E . V O G E L , responding to the Jan. 9 unveiling of the governor's proposed budget and its generous new funding for public schools and community colleges. "In the 21st century, the fate of nature in California is more likely to be determined by the young Hispanic girl who becomes fascinated by a butterfly in a reclaimed brownfield than by John Muir and the distant peaks of Yosemite." —G L E N M . M A C D O N A L D , the John Muir memorial chair and distinguished professor of geography at UCLA, in a January essay about inspiring city dwellers to protect urban nature. Quotes & Numbers Number of California high school seniors applying to the nine University of California campuses for fall 2015, an increase of 3.2 percent (many students apply to more than one campus). For the first time, Latinos made up more than a third of UC freshmen applicants. 102,994 ST U D E N T S 46 th Know & Tell Quotes & Numbers 15 V O L U M E 1 9 I S S U E 6 The Numbers