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Boston School Funding Disparity, Jefferson DNA Revelation · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Friday, September 25th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 70 years ago, today, in 1956. The first
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  transatlantic telephone cable linked North America
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  and Europe with reliable direct voice communication,
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  carrying many simultaneous conversations beneath
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  the ocean, and proving long -distance voice could
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  travel in real time across the Atlantic. That
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  achievement opened an era of instant intercontinental
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  conversation and transformed global business
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  and personal ties. So now you know. And now,
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  it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  it's partly sunny. and it feels like 56 degrees
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  with 15 miles per hour wind. The sunset will
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  take place at 6 33 and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 6 35. It looks like we're in for a mostly
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  cloudy day with a high near 66 and a breezy northeast
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  wind around 20 miles per hour ringing a chance
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  of rain after two o 'clock. If you're inland,
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  it will hit a high of 67 tonight. Expect rain
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  likely with cloudy skies, a low of 54, and a
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  windy north wind around 28 miles per hour along
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  with a good chance for more rainfall. The nearshore
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  buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 62 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
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  Expect a wet and windy weekend as Saturday brings
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  steady rain with highs near 61. and northeast
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  winds around 23 to 26 miles per hour, dusting
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  as high as 52 with 1 to 2 inches possible. Rain
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  continues into Sunday with highs near 62 and
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  similar breezy northeast winds. Then showers
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  and thunderstorms linger into Monday with highs
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  around 62 and a diminishing north wind. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
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  news, public dollars fund Boston's public schools,
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  but many communities supplement with private
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  donations, and those dollars are not spread evenly
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  across the city. Now, a Boston city councilor
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  is calling for more transparency around this
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  funding. The Boston Latin School had a nearly
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  $95 million endowment at the end of fiscal year
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  2025, making a meaningful difference for its
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  students. In contrast, Roger Clap Elementary
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  in Dorchester raised just shy of $4 ,000 in fiscal
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  year 2026. City Councilor Minierd Culpepper highlighted
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  the discrepancy, noting the need for more equitable
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  funding across schools. Counselor Julia Maggia
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  plans to create a working group to address this
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  financial disparity. Now on to sports. Falcons
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  35, Packers 14, final last night on Thursday
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  Night Football at Lambeau Field. Michael Pennex
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  Jr. made his season debut and threw a touchdown
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  pass to Austin Hooper. directing Atlanta's most
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  productive offensive night of the year, with
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  Brian Robinson running for over 100 yards and
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  a score. The number that tells it, through two
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  games, Atlanta hadn't run a single play inside
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  the red zone. Last night, the offense scored
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  on both of its trips there. Jordan Love and the
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  Packers had gone turnover -free through two weeks,
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  but Green Bay managed barely 100 yards of total
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  offense. and never found the rhythm that carried
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  it past the Jets in overtime. Atlanta moves to
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  1 and 2, with real evidence its offense can move
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  the ball. Breemday falls to 1 and 2 as well,
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  its first loss of the season. Same record, opposite
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  trajectories. One climbing out of a hole, one
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  searching for answers. In local sports, The Red
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  Sox dropped the finale to Cleveland 1 -0 last
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  night, Rangers swore us, taking the loss despite
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  five strong innings, and the Guardians took the
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  series. Boston has now lost 4 -5, but the playoff
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  spot is locked up, so it's about finding rhythm.
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  They host the Cubs this afternoon at 1 -0 -5,
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  Clay Homes on the mound. Off the field, Eli White
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  is done for the year after lisp -rank surgery,
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  opening a door for speedster Braden Ward, who
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  set Worcester's stolen base record and could
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  debut in October. On the ice, the Bruins head
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  to Washington tonight, at 7 for round 2 of their
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  preseason series. Matthew Poitras is day -to
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  -day with a lower body issue, though Mason Lorry
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  passed his tests after a camp scare. Boston also
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  waved defenseman Max Gannett to Providence. Over
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  at BC, the Eagles open ACC play tomorrow at noon
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  against unbeaten Virginia Tech at Alumni Stadium,
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  with Bo McCormack back in the backfield. The
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  Patriots placed Del Pettis on IR and are banged
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  up heading to Jacksonville Sunday. Drake May
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  says it's urgency, not talent, holding the offense
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  back. Meanwhile, the Celtics camp roster is set,
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  headlined by news center Mitchell Robinson with
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  Media Day Monday. In top news, researchers say
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  they have the most conclusive proof of Thomas
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  Jefferson's paternity of Sally Hemming's children.
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  A strand of hair found in Jefferson's Bible launched
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  a 15 -year investigation involving DNA scientists.
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  historians, genealogists, and descendants of
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  both Jefferson and Hemings. The story of that
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  investigation and what it reveals is told in
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  Richard Curran's new book, History by a Hair.
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  This discovery validates the complex history
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  surrounding Jefferson, emphasizing that all his
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  descendants, whether through his wife Martha
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  Wales or Sally Hemings, are part of one American
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  family. Acknowledging the shared history is essential
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  for reconciling differences within the nation.
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  In business news, Philadelphia Federal Reserve
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  President Anna Paulson said Thursday that she
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  and her colleagues may need to raise interest
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  rates further to bring inflation back to target.
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  Speaking a week after the Federal Open Market
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  Committee raised benchmark borrowing rates by
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  a quarter percentage point, Paulson noted that
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  inflation trends are still worrying. She stated
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  that underlying inflation is still running around
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  2 .5 to 3%, which is well above the 2 % target.
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  Paulson remarked that inflation has held higher
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  even outside of oil supply shocks and tariffs.
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  She added that economic output has been solid
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  and the labor market is holding steady. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is up 3 % for the week to about
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  $84 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged at about $3 ,000,
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  and XRP is up 7 % to $1 .53. Moving on to a more
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  local vibe. In our community spotlight on health
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  and wellness, we are working with a national
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  Pilates studio to bring you some free classes,
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  so listen up. Check out Club Pilates with several
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  locations in the Boston area. Pilates presents
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  a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them Sunny Morning sent you by. And now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk science. In a first
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  for marine mammals, veterinarians have used bacteria
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  -killing viruses to treat a beluga whale with
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  a drug -resistant infection. Jetta, an 11 -year
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  -old beluga whale at Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut,
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  developed chronic pneumonia caused by multi -drug
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  -resistant E. coli bacteria. After antibiotics
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  proved mostly ineffective, experts developed
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  a bacteriophage treatment for Jetta specifically
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  chosen to fight her infection. Molly Martini,
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  senior veterinarian at Mystic Aquarium, notes
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  that marine mammals face multi -drug resistant
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  infections far more often than land mammals.
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  Jetta was treated through a specially crafted
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  nebulizer and her care team has not found any
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  evidence of recurrence. And in entertainment
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  news... Dinosaurs have been running around movie
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  theaters for decades, but it is surprisingly
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  difficult to escape the very large shadow cast
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  by Jurassic Park. The trick might be forgetting
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  about theme parks altogether and simply dropping
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  the prehistoric monsters into an ordinary American
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  neighborhood. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor
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  star in The End of Oak Street, which is officially
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  America's number one movie at home. after topping
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  the Apple TV Store's United States movie chart.
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  This sci -fi survival movie has now spent six
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  days at number one, ahead of the invite, back
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  rooms, and Tony. The movie currently holds an
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  excellent 86 % critic score on Rotten Tomatoes
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  from 335 reviews. Well, all righty, folks. It's
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  time for the quote of the day. And today, Our
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  quote comes from the American educator and philosopher
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  John Dewey. And he said, education is not preparation
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  for life. Education is life itself, highlighting
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  the importance of equitable access to resources,
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  as seen in the Boston school's funding disparity.
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  And that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
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  out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
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  captivating aerial videos. with local news and
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  the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
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  good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.