Monday, August 1, 2016

Did You Know? Interesting and Fun Facts About Our Schools

The Boston Latin School is the oldest public school in the US, founded in 1635. Five signers of the Declaration of Independence attended the school, including Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Robert Treat Paine, Samuel Adams and William Hopper.



In 2012, there were 78 million students enrolled in school spanning from nursery school to college.

Around 480,000 yellow school buses carry 25 million children to and from school every day.

346,666,660 miles of travel by car are saved daily by students taking the bus to school.

Charter and magnet schools are public schools. School choice programs have continued to increase since 1993.

More teachers in public schools tend to hold a master’s degree compared to charter schools and private schools.

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