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Why did the founding fathers believe it was important to have an education

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The founding fathers believed education was critical for democracy and avoiding an "aristocracy of wealth," that it should be available to all, that is should be free from religion and ideology, that it should be equal for all citizens, that it should be public, and that the investment was worth the cost.

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