Maura Morrison is correct in her Jan. 18 letter to the editor on Franklin County’s demographics challenging my Dec. 29 column [“Repackaged old, failed education ideas still fail”]. I should have said “one of the poorest” when referring to Franklin County.

However, the point of my letter was to criticize the Department of Education and the Nov. 11 article “Plans fall short of goals,” in which there was the usual comment about racial disparities. Looking at our results in this country, that is more than just Greenfield, the educational failures need to be addressed.

Marguerite Willis

Charlemont