CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The hum of a kindergarten classroom has its own kind of magic. Tiny voices sound out new letters. Crayons roll across tables. The future feels wide open.

When I visit my daughter’s classroom, I can almost see her possibilities stretching ahead of her — a world of curiosity, creativity and confidence. She comes from a home with two working parents who both finished school and, yes, are married. By the standards of Ohio lawmakers’ proposed “Success Sequence,” she’s off to a good start. And if she can only check off that same three-step list in her own adulthood, prosperity will more than likely follow her in life, they say.

But here’s what I know: A bigger predictor of her success will be whether Ohio’s public schools still have the resources to nurture her gifts — and

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