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The compulsory schooling issue 

Poem: Something For Hope, by Robert Frost 

Statement of the Whole:   

The common notion is that a democracy demands a well educated populace, thus all American kids must go to school.  Given that they won’t show up on their own, we have made it compulsory so as to ensure a good voting citizenry.  Has that logic held?  Is compulsory education even possible?  Jason and Steve run down the many issues of this challenging question of compulsion in education.  

Resources: 

Macdonald, Kerry. “Compulsory Schooling Laws: What If We Didn’t Have Them?” Intellectual Takeout, 8 Oct. 2018, www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/compulsory-schooling-laws-what-if-we-didnt-have-them. Accessed 8 Sept. 2019. 

‌Ravitch, Diane. Left Back: a Century of Battles over School Reform. Simon & Schuster, 2001.