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Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
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Date: 
Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:32:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Matthew Gerber REGALLY PROCLAIMS:

Cool, found it! It's good to be the king!

From: http://coe.asu.edu/edrev/reviews/rev70c.htm

"In 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 state-run schools did not
accelerate that pre-existing growth in literacy. Furthermore, the U.S.
Census Bureau's own figures show that the enrollment level of white children
actually went down between 1850 and 1900 (p. 84), despite the fact that this
was the period in which state-run schooling expanded across the country and
the majority of states introduced mandatory attendance laws. Though African
American enrollment rose substantially after the Civil War, this was
principally due to the abolition of laws forbidding them from receiving an
education. The bulk of the schools serving newly emancipated black children
appear to have been private ventures."

Matt (Still the Self-Proclaimed LUGNET King of Citing Stuff ©)

YOU ARE the king of Cites. What a great cite.

It seems to be saying that mandatory schooling didn't work. That seems to be
somewhat anti-dogmatic (if you accept NEA dogma anyway). Are you sure about
that?

++Lar



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  Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
 
(...) I don't refute the King's cite, but I'd be interested to know precisely what "evidence shows that majority literacy was achieved under the largely market-based systems of the early 19th century," and what the "majority" represented. If it was (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
 
(...) Ummmm? Not sure where to go here. Let's do this: (URL) can't copy the text out of the PDF file and put it here, so you'll have to go read it yourselves. Here's the gist: In 1813, Connecticut passed law to get businesses to educate their child (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
 
(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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