Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Compulsory Education and the Southern States
In practice, the child between six and fourteen is required to attend school. The number of children between six and four teen years of age in school has increased from per cent of the total population in 1822 to 17 per cent in 1895. The chief gain has been in bringing the proportion of girls up to that of boys. In the United States, the tendency is now the reverse, the girls getting the greater advantages of the schools.
It may be of interest to note the provisions of other European countries as to compulsory education. In the Austrian crown lands, the period during which school attendance is compulsory is from six to eight years. In Hungary, from six to twelve. In Sweden, from nine to fifteen. In Norway, from ten to four teen. In Denmark, from seven to fourteen. In England, by the law of 1870, local school boards are left to pass Special ordi nances introducing compulsory attendance. These regulations.
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