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Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
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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!
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> From: http://coe.asu.edu/edrev/reviews/rev70c.htm
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> "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."
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> 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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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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