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David Rodriguez | The Education Conspiracy And The History Of Forced Schooling
Horace Mann, Massachusetts 1852, and the Expansion of State Control
Horace Mann spearheaded the first compulsory attendance laws in Massachusetts in 1852 after visiting Prussian facilities to study their methods of social control. The state uses these laws to pull children away from parental influence and instill values that benefit the government and its tax base. This system has incrementally expanded from a few months a year to the current push for compulsory preschool.