mandatory schooling
Required formal learning
Mandatory schooling is education required by law, typically for children between certain ages.
Most countries compel school attendance from roughly age five or six through the mid-teens.
The term often appears in debates about homeschooling, truancy, and the proper role of government in child-rearing: Mandatory schooling laws vary by state.
- compulsory education lawsStatutes mandating school attendance
- literacy ratesMeasure of reading ability
- grade levelEducational stage classification
- teacherOne who instructs others
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
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Selecting among educational institutions
educational freedom · unschooling · self-directed learning · truancy · dropping out
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Self-directed home education
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