1817年，波士顿召开城镇会议，要求建立免费公立小学系统。主要的支持来自当地的商人，商人和富有的工匠，而许多工薪阶层反对它，因为他们知道他们将通过所得税来支付它。尽管如此，波士顿拉丁学校还是在1820年正式成立。这是美国第一所公立高中。七年后，马萨诸塞州的一项法律规定，公立学校的所有年级对所有学生免费开放
China has lifted hundreds of millions of its citizens out of poverty over the past few decades, but doing the same for groups like the Yi poses a different set of challenges
Some of the South Korean companies based in the two zones, the largest in the province, were attracted through Cho's efforts