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GOLDSTEIN: Public education was supposed to unite us, now it divides us

The broken promise of taxpayer-funded, public education was that it would help unify our diverse society by bringing students from all backgrounds together to learn, and to learn from and about one another.

Last week’s controversy involving the Toronto District School Board – the largest public school board in Canada – was the latest example of how public education today divides students, teachers, the education system and society itself into a world of victims and oppressors.

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