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David Rodriguez | The Education Conspiracy And The History Of Forced Schooling
Summer Hill School, Voluntary Attendance, and Educational Innovation
The Summer Hill school in the UK serves as a 90-year-old model of successful education based on voluntary attendance and freedom of choice. In the United States, school funding is tied to attendance rosters, leading to the use of truancy officers to enforce state control over children. Removing compulsory attendance laws would likely lead to a surge in innovative, respectful educational alternatives within a decade.