Why One Man Decided to Teach City Kids Latin
Our American Stories
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4.3 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Latin is the dead language of the Romans—but to David P. Hardy, it was exactly what inner-city kids needed to thrive in school and become good citizens. Here's David with the story of how he founded Boys' Latin—and fell in love with being an educator in the worst neighborhood Philadelphia had to offer.
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