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The movement for compulsory public education (in other words, prohibiting private schools and requiring all children to attend public schools) in the United States began in the early 1920s. It started with the Smith-Towner bill, a bill that would eventually establish the National Education Association and provide federal funds to public schools.
Compulsory school attendance or compulsory schooling means that parents are obliged to send their children to a state-approved school. [ 1 ] All countries except Bhutan , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , and Vatican City have compulsory education laws.
Zucht v. King, 260 U.S. 174 (1922), [1] was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court unanimously held that public schools could constitutionally exclude unvaccinated students from attending, even if there was not an ongoing outbreak. [2]
Hamilton University, Wyoming [39] (also known as American State University and Richardson University); closed in 2008; Harmony Bible Institute Theological Seminary, California; [201] overseen by the unaccredited Transworld Accrediting Commission International [8] Hartford University (not to be confused with the legitimate University of Hartford ...
Last month, the flagship University of Texas campus in Austin — one of the largest campuses in the U.S. — announced the closure of the school's Division of Campus and Community Engagement and ...
The first thing you’ll notice about community college is the price tag — $3,800 per year, on average, according to the College Board, compared to $10,740 for in-state public schools and ...
The proportion of students who go to schools with high or extreme levels of chronic absenteeism jumped from 26% in the 2017-2018 school year to 66% in 2021-22 school year, according to an analysis ...
After being rejected by the University of Texas School of Law in 1992, Cheryl J. Hopwood filed a federal lawsuit against the University on September 29, 1992, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Hopwood, a white woman, was denied admission to the law school despite being better qualified (at least under certain metrics ...