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.

By: Jorge Elorza

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: September 20, 2026

Words: 812

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The latest news from Maryland’s classrooms may look promising at first glance, but a closer look paints a far more urgent picture. While academic gains have been real, the pace of change has been far too slow and notably uneven.

Consider Baltimore, where fewer than one in three students read at grade level and multiple schools don’t have a single child doing math at grade level. …

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