While Connecticut and North Carolina were making efforts to improve their K-12 education systems through the 1980s & 1990s, California was... While Connecticut and North Carolina were making efforts to improve their K-12 education systems through the 1980s & 1990s, California was... A. hampered when voters passed Prop 13 (1978), which decreased revenue and expenditures for education, eroding a once successful system of public education. B. growing its supply of well-prepared teachers through policies to pay for teacher credentialing programs. C. making efforts to lift the state from low education levels, including test scores and graduation rates. D. improving its teacher education programs and raising teacher salaries to meet increasing demand for high quality teachers