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> Now we are almost at the point of making not going to school illegal. I'm fairly certain (at least for the US) it has been illegal. "By 1918, every state had
by kuzimoto 7y ago
> Now we are almost at the point of making not going to school illegal.
I'm fairly certain (at least for the US) it has been illegal. "By 1918, every state had a compulsory attendance law on the books." [1]
According to this table, school attendance is compulsory for every state in the US for specific age ranges: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/tab5_1.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/tab5_1.asp
[1] https://hslda.org/content/docs/nche/Issues/S/State_Compulsory_Attendance.asp https://hslda.org/content/docs/nche/Issues/S/State_Compulsor...
- coldacid 7y agoAt least in the USA there are options for alternative schooling and homeschooling, which allow exceptions to compulsory public school attendance. Look to Europe though and you'll find places where it's absolutely illegal to do anything but go through the child brainwashing factories. Germany is a good example of this.
- scifi6546 7y agoIn alaska there is no real punishment for skipping school