On this day, April 23, in 1635
- produced by Hana Georg
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The Boston Latin School opened in Boston, Massachusetts, becoming the very first public school in America. The school was originally founded to educate the sons of wealthy New England families. Since then, public education has evolved into a huge institution; unfortunately filled with inequalities. And it doesn’t take a magnifying glass to see that public schools in working-class neighborhoods and communities of color are severely lacking in budget dollars and resources. Would I be wrong to say that America’s public education system is actually designed to maintain the status-quo?
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