So That Nobody Has To Go To School If They Don’t Want To
Summary- Roger Sipher attributes the decline in standardized test scores to the present mandatory-attendance laws. He states that American education is struggling because many children have no longing to learn, and those children are hindering those that do wish to learn. Research has been done to determine whether mandatory-attendance laws actually increase the number of children in school, however little evidence has been found to support this. Roger’s plan for improving education in the United States is simply: “abolish compulsory-attendance laws and allow only those who are committed to getting an education to attend.”
Paraphrase- Roger Sipher’s argument indicates that private schools do not have the same issue with attendance as public schools. The reason being, private school can fail or expel students with the knowledge that they can attend a public school.
Quotation- According to Roger Sipher, the phrase “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink,” directly correlates to the situation with American education.
