> If they are not taught anything at all, then it's illegal. Oh really? > "Now in the United Kingdom compulsory education begins between four and a half and f

> If they are not taught anything at all, then it's illegal. Oh really? > "Now in the United Kingdom compulsory education begins between four and a half and five and a half; since 1972 it has ended at the age of 16. But from 2013 compulsory education, be it traditional classroom education or training is planned to be raised to the age of 17, and from 2015 to the age of 18." That's an attendance mandate, not an education mandate. "Taught" implies that they learned something. Is there an education mandate in the UK? If so, who goes to jail if a kid doesn't learn "enough" during those years of compulsory education? Never confuse inputs with outputs.