Frustrating report out of Hartford, where budget problems threaten the opening on a new Achievement First charter school. The state can’t find $2.1 million needed to open the school to 252 students in September. Has anyone in Hartford figured out the future earning power of well-educated students? The incremental tax revenue they might generate over their lives? $2.1 million is a rounding error.
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