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Low-income and students of color in Massachusetts are almost twice as likely to attend schools with unsatisfactory conditions than their white counterparts, according to a new report from the Boston-based nonprofit MassINC.
The report released Tuesday showed that urban students in particular are learning in outdated, overcrowded and unsafe schools, exacerbating already wide achievement gaps.
“Most of the state’s funds are going to rebuild suburban schools, and in many cases they’re suburban schools that are in pretty good condition,” said Ben Forman, MassINC’s research director and co-author of the report. “Meanwhile, the urban schools that have been assessed to be inadequate and in poor condition haven’t been priority and they’ve been lingering at the bottom of the list.”
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