This edition of the PPIC Statewide Survey is the third in a series of surveys funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation focusing on education in California. This survey is intended to raise public awareness, inform decisionmakers, and stimulate public discussions about a variety of education issues facing the state. Findings are based on a telephone survey of 2,500 California adult residents interviewed between April 3 and April 17, 2007. Interviews were conducted in English, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese), Vietnamese, and Korean. Some findings of the current survey include: (1) Most Californians today (80%) believe the quality of the state's K-12 education system is at least somewhat of a problem, with about half (52%) calling it a big problem. (2) Forty-four percent of blacks say the quality of education has worsened in the past two years compared to just 28 percent of whites, 21 percent of Latinos, and 20 percent of Asians. (3) Most state residents (78%) would prefer to see local, rather than state, decision-making when it comes to allocating school resources -- specifically, teachers (34%) and local school districts (31%).