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Study: Schools hampering South's talent

State of the South report calls for more money, resources for public education

David Dodson, president of North Carolina Manpower Development Corporation, a nonprofit group, smiles at his office after presenting the findings of MDC's State of the South 2018 report in Durham, N.C., Tuesday. Among the report's findings was that the South's increasingly diverse homegrown talent pool won't share in the region's economic growth unless leaders in the 13 southern states recommit to spending on public schools and higher education. - photo by Associated Press

Study: Schools hampering South's talent — David Dodson, president of North Carolina Manpower Development Corporation, a nonprofit group, smiles at his office after presenting the findings of MDC's State of the South 2018 report in Durham, N.C., Tuesday. Among the report's findings was that the South's increasingly diverse homegrown talent pool won't share in the region's economic growth unless leaders in the 13 southern states recommit to spending on public schools and higher education. - photo by Associated Press

DURHAM, N.C. — The South's increasingly diverse homegrown talent won't share in the region's economic growth unless state leaders commit to spending more on public schools and higher education, according to a study released Tuesday.

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