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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, that's definitely an area in which the US was a leader.
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Well ... Joshua Ben Gamla was praised to introduce a compulsory education in jewish areas about 100 AD. The Aztecs introduced one approx 14th century AD. In parts of Germany it got introduced in 1592 (the first compulsory education for both, girls and boys, worldwide). The parliament of Scotland introduced it somewhere in the 17th century (if I remember correctly, no fun in looking up). Since 1800 (+- 10 years) every part of Germany has governmental paid, compulsory education for both genders (since 183? 8+ years) 185? in the United States is soo very late
