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  2. Pearl Public School District - Wikipedia

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    There were a total of 3,849 students enrolled in the Pearl Public School District during the 2006–07 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 29.07% African American, 64.69% White, 5.25% Hispanic, 0.81% Asian, and 0.18% Native American.

  3. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Boston Latin School was founded in 1635. [9] Boston Latin School was not funded by tax dollars in its early days, however. On January 1, 1644, by unanimous vote, Dedham, Massachusetts authorized the first U.S. taxpayer-funded public school; "the seed of American education." [10]

  4. Category:Founders of American schools and colleges - Wikipedia

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    Music Academy of the West founders (8 P) Pages in category "Founders of American schools and colleges" The following 195 pages are in this category, out of 195 total.

  5. Horace Mann - Wikipedia

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    Horace Mann was born in Franklin, Massachusetts. [4] His father was a farmer without much money. Mann was the great-grandson of Samuel Man. [5]From age ten to age twenty, he had no more than six weeks' schooling during any year, [6] but he made use of the Franklin Public Library, the first public library in America.

  6. Pearl High School (Mississippi) - Wikipedia

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    The school's first principal was Mr. L.W. Bright. [3] Pearl became a city in 1973 and it was at this time that Pearl began the process to withdraw its schools from the Rankin County School District. The Pearl Municipal Separate School District, now known as Pearl Public School District, was finally formed in 1976. [4] Work began on a new high ...

  7. Joseph Baldwin - Wikipedia

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    Baldwin was born to Joseph and Isabella (née Cairns) in New Castle, Pennsylvania.His lifework has been characterized by a pair of related tensions: between religious zeal and a recognition of the need for teachers well-educated in secular subjects, and between potentially opposed emphases on technical training and the liberal arts in teacher preparation.

  8. Founding Fathers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Jay founded the New York Manumission Society in 1785, for which Hamilton became an officer. They and other members of the Society founded the African Free School in New York, to educate the children of free blacks and slaves. When Jay was governor of New York in 1798, he helped secure and signed into law an abolition law; fully ending forced ...

  9. Pearl, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    The Pearl Municipal Separate School District was created on May 18, 1976, by an Ordinance of the City of Pearl Mayor and Board of Aldermen. The first franchise by the City of Pearl for cable television installation was granted on July 6, 1976. The Pearl Chamber of Commerce was formed on August 24, 1978.