By Logan Albright This column is in response to a post written by Catherine Kus yesterday on this very blog. In it, she argues for mandatory schooling until the age of eighteen, as proposed by President Obama in his State of the Union Address. While I respect Catherine’s passion and verve about this issue, in … Continue reading
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Do it for the diploma
In President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address, he called on “every state to require that all students stay in high school until they graduate or turn 18.”[1] This is not a new suggestion. The New York Times reports that “21 states and the District of Columbia have compulsory attendance until 18, and 11 … Continue reading
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