The growth of this system from its simple beginnings, and particularly since the opening of the present century, has shattered the conceptions and surpassed the expectations of its founders. Today, despite the fact that other nations have been engaged for some time in the radical extension of the opportunities of organized education to more and more children and youth, our secondary and higher schools enroll a far larger proportion of young people of appropriate age than do those of any other count Here without doubt is one of the most distinctive features and one of the most authentic expressions of our democracy. It is as truly American as our constitutional system.
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