This is the second of a two-volume briefing book that examines education issues in California from 1983 to the present. It includes summaries, findings, and recommendations from selected California education studies and reports published since 1983. The material is presented verbatim. Topics include: a summary of California's Education Summit; school-to-work transitions in high school career programs; development of the link between education and training to jobs; support for limited-English-speaking students; reform of categorical education programs; the school facilities crisis; language diversity; costs of K-12 education; school restructuring; the education of minority students; programs for students with learning disabilities; programs for low-achieving schools; school readiness; middle-school reform; and educational excellence. (LMI)