The correct answer to this open question is the following.
A true statement about current public schools in the United States is the following.
The role education plays in the United States society is of the utmost importance for the thriving of the American people and the nation. Through education, people can change their lives and aspire to have better opportunities to live, economically, culturally, and socially. Unfortunately, there is a questionable side in which schools in America expose inequalities and race issues nationwide due to class, ethnic and gender aspects. This can reflect a considerable difference in learning for minority groups, although the school environment could be similar.