Saturday, September 18, 2021

Yoder and Compelling Interest Test


Wisconsin argued that its compulsory education laws were compelling, because they were designed to ensure its interest in producing literate and self-sufficient citizens.   

Query: Is the state of Wisconsin holding the Amish to a standard it fails to meet itself? What should we do if we learn that, say, Milwaukee Public Schools are graduating students with poor reading and math skills? Or that many recent graduates of the public school system are on public assistance? Should we order the public school system closed and require families to educate their children in private schools that have  better results of producing literate and self-sufficient citizens?

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