Maryland is closing the gap. Here’s how to boost it.

Gov. Wes Moore has given mixed signals on the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, but the state has to opt in if it wants to take advantage, and it should, writes Jorge Elorza, who says that doing otherwise is just leaving money on the table that could help schoolkids.
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