Schools and the Means of Education Shall Forever Be Encouraged

In case you missed it, the Ann Arbor Chronicle has a lovely piece by John U. Bacon, thanking teachers.

Here it is.

I took the title of this blog post from Thomas Jefferson's Northwest Ordinance (as cited in the article):

“Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”