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Words to know
- school
- a place or community for learning
- access
- a way to reach, enter, or use something
- compare
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Boston Latin School began in 1635. Boys studied subjects such as Latin. It is the oldest public school in what is now the United States. Girls did not have the same chance to attend.
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A college began in Cambridge in 1636. It later took the name Harvard. Early students were men. Many studied for religious work. Its history includes learning, exclusion, and people whose labor was exploited.
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