Despite California having insurmountable proposed budget cuts to its education system, three schools in Oakland are thriving. 

California spends $216,000 on each youth it incarcerates but only $6,000 on each child it educates.

It imprisons a larger percentage of its youth than most other states. And it spends less on education per student than just about any other state.

Gov. Jerry Brown today said that state revenues are likely to be $6.6 billion higher over the next 13 months than predicted in January and that about half of that gain will go towards K-12 education funding, as required by law.

As part of an effort to combat violence among local youth, Mayor Jean Quan and Oakland schools Superintendent Tony Smith announced on Thursday an initiative to offer late night youth services in East and West Oakland two nights a week.