The report, which comes as reading instruction remains a hotly debated topic nationwide, ranked Massachusetts 35th for teaching new educators how to instruct students on phonics, vocabulary, and other core components of reading.
Boston school officials, parents, teachers and advocates are waiting for what feels like a consequential judgment of a district trying to adapt to the city changing around it and to correct a long historical record of inequity.
Pennsylvania's school funding disparity, due to a reliance on local property taxes, means the poorest students are receiving a lower quality of education. The disparity is apparent between the Allentown School district, the Lehigh Valley's poorest, and its wealthy neighbors such as Salisbury Township, which spends nearly twice as much per pupil as Allentown.
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