Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homeschooling and unschooling
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:18:45 -0500
>> >I think that's an assertion without evidence.
>
> It most certainly is not. In Massachusetts, the first state to have
> compulsory attendance, the decade before the institution of mandatory public
> education, the literacy rate was estimated at 96%. It has never been that
> high since.
I'm skeptical when I see statements like this. How do you estimate the
level of literacy in retrospect. For that matter, how do you estimate
current levels of literacy? I would guess that most kids read and
write at least as well as they need to to text message each other and
play computer games.
Marie
Re: [Homestead] Homeschooling and unschooling
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