Maryland is right to shift focus of community school funding to academics

Changes proposed in the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, to shift Community Schools' emphasis to investments that support reading and math, is a crucial change, write Trish Brennan-Gac and Clarence Crawford, that needs support from parents and lawmakers.
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