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Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
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Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:14:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> > > > Heck, ultimately these reasons are probably the
> > > > ONLY reasons we have the public school system we have now.
> > >
> > > Nitpicking here - that's not true. The public school system and the
> > > requirement to attend it were formed in the late 19th century. The general
> > > public wanted kids out of the cheap working force, because they were
> > > depressing wages for everyone.
> >
> > Fascinating! Do you have a cite for that? Should be interesting reading.
Here's info for England: http://twist.lib.uiowa.edu/wompoet/resources.html
"1870 Education Act for England (one for Scotland followed soon after)
established a national system of primary schools for children up to age 12;
in 1880 attendance at primary school was made mandatory."
I can't find anything on America...maybe we never really had to go at all in
the first place! I may have to give up my title.
Matt (Possibly the Former Self-Proclaimed LUGNET King of Citing Stuff ©)
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| (...) Cool, found it! It's good to be the king! From: (URL) England and America, the evidence shows that majority literacy was achieved under the largely market-based systems of the early 19th century, and that the spread of completely tax-funded (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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