Compulsory Education

Examples of Compulsory Education in the following topics:

• Child Labor

  • These laws often were paired with compulsory education laws that were designed to keep children in school and out of the paid labor market until a specified age (usually 12, 14, or 16 years).
  • Alongside the abolition of child labor, compulsory education laws also kept children out of abusive labor conditions.
  • However, by 1900, 34 states had compulsory schooling laws, 4 of which were in the South. 30 states with compulsory schooling laws required attendance until age 14 (or older).

• Higher Education

  • By 1875, the compulsory labor requirement was dropped, but male students were to have an hour a day of military training in order to meet the requirements of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act.

• Higher Education

  • By 1875 the compulsory labor requirement was dropped, but male students were to have an hour a day of military training in order to meet the requirements of the Morrill Land Grant College Act.

• Features of Progressivism

  • Also during this era, many states passed compulsory schooling laws; new emphasis was place on hygiene, health and physical education.

• The Varieties of Progressivism

  • Modernization of society, they believed, necessitated the compulsory education of all children, even if the parents objected.

• The Eugenics Movement

  • He coined the term Eugenics in 1883 and in 1909 wrote the foreword to the first volume of the Eugenics Review, the journal of the Eugenics Education Society, which named him as its honorary president.
  • The first state to introduce a compulsory sterilization bill was Michigan in 1897, but the proposed law failed to garner enough votes by legislators to be adopted.

• The Eugenics

  • The first state to introduce a compulsory sterilization bill was Michigan in 1897, but the proposed law failed to garner enough votes by legislators to be adopted.
  • In 1907, Indiana passed the first eugenics-based compulsory sterilization law in the world.
  • Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a Virginia law allowing for the compulsory sterilization of patients of state mental institutions in 1927.

• Higher Education

  • The most important educational component of Johnson's Great Society was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, designed by Commissioner of Education Francis Keppel.
  • This major piece of legislation was followed by the Higher Education Act of 1965, signed into United States law on November 8, 1965 at Texas State University.
  • The Higher Education Act of 1965 was reauthorized in 1968, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2008.
  • This signing plaque rests on campus grounds of Texas State University commemorating the Higher Education Act.
  • Distinguish the key features - as well as the effects - of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Facilities Act, and the Higher Education Act.

• Civilizing the City

  • During the Progressive Era, many states began passing compulsory schooling laws.

• Social Justice

  • Modernization of society, they believed, necessitated the compulsory education of all children, even if the parents objected.