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Regarding teachers of color: Boston Public Schools system is set to lead once again

In 1635, Boston served as a model settlement town across the New England Colonies. Boston Latin School opened its doors and became the first public school in what would become the United States. While the school exclusively served the sons of the white elite, the principle that a local community would invest its resources to educate its own children, as a common good, became the bedrock of public education in America.