Compulsory public education in the United States
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Compulsory public education in the United States
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The movement for compulsory public education in the United States began in the early 1920s. It started with the Smith-Towner bill, a bill that would eventually establish the National Education Association and provide federal funds to public schools. Eventually it became the movement to mandate public schooling and dissolve parochial and other private schools. The movement focused on the public's fear of immigrants and the need to Americanize; it had anti-Catholic overtones and found support from
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2008-01-18T02:23:58Z
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2024-08-31T21:57:45Z
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