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Preferred term
compulsory education
Definition
- Compulsory attendance has a long history in the United States. Horace Mann maintained that there was a connection between education and democracy, and mandatory attendance laws emerged from that belief. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration; Compulsory Education]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/compulsory_education
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