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APRIL 17: First Public School
Profile America — Sunday, April 17th. America’s oldest school in continuous existence celebrates its 387th birthday this month. The Boston Latin School started in 1635 with a handful of students meeting in the headmaster’s home. Stressing a classical education and the development of independent thought, the school has long been considered one
of the top public secondary schools in the nation. Its list of graduates includes John Hancock, George Santayana, and Leonard Bernstein. Today, there are over 80 million children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country — from nursery school to college. They comprise 25.4 percent of the entire population age 3 and older. Of those students, 16.9 million are in high school. You can find more facts about America’s people, places and economy, from the American Community Survey, at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Joseph Nathan Kane, Kane’s Famous First Facts, Fifth Edition, H.W. Wilson Co., New York, NY 1997, #3040.
School history, accessed 8/27/2021
Ben Franklin and alumni, accessed 8/27/2021
U.S. school enrollment, American Community Survey
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By U.S. Census BureauAPRIL 17: First Public School
Profile America — Sunday, April 17th. America’s oldest school in continuous existence celebrates its 387th birthday this month. The Boston Latin School started in 1635 with a handful of students meeting in the headmaster’s home. Stressing a classical education and the development of independent thought, the school has long been considered one
of the top public secondary schools in the nation. Its list of graduates includes John Hancock, George Santayana, and Leonard Bernstein. Today, there are over 80 million children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country — from nursery school to college. They comprise 25.4 percent of the entire population age 3 and older. Of those students, 16.9 million are in high school. You can find more facts about America’s people, places and economy, from the American Community Survey, at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Joseph Nathan Kane, Kane’s Famous First Facts, Fifth Edition, H.W. Wilson Co., New York, NY 1997, #3040.
School history, accessed 8/27/2021
Ben Franklin and alumni, accessed 8/27/2021
U.S. school enrollment, American Community Survey