Guest Editorial: The importance of public education

By Dr. Bob Dorsett
Special to the Herald Times
RBC | “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people . . . they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”~Thomas Jefferson
Universal, free public education is one of the pillars of our democracy. As evidenced in the Jefferson quotation above, the founding fathers recognized its vital importance. George Washington helped to establish schools for indigent children and orphans and he…