1. Summary of
“SoThat Nobody HasTo
GoToSchool IfThey
Don'tWantTo”
Article written by: Roger Sipher
PPT created by:TerpleBees

2. Overview
Issue:
Failing public school education
Problem:
Declining standardized test scores
Cause of problem:
Mandatory attendance law in place for
U.S. school-aged individuals

3. Background
Information
Little evidence that mandatory
attendance laws increase student
attendance
Attendance law is never effectively
enforced by schools
Private schools allow expulsion knowing
students can attend public schools

4. Issues
 Low Motivated Students
 Students know they will be advanced to the next grade
even with low performance
 Report cards and grades does not truly reflect a
student’s performance
 Those students wanting to drop out does not when they
turn legal because they know they can wait it out and
receive a high school diploma
 Low Education Quality
 School systems fail to enforce disciplinary policies
(expulsion) for students that do not perform well
 Public education encompasses this fact so the quality
suffers
 Low motivated students set a bad example for other
students

5. Solution &
Benefits
 Solution: Abolish mandatory attendance law
 Benefits:
 Weed out low motivated students and stop
polluting the education environment
 Grades and report cards would reflect accurate
student performance and learning
 Funds spent enforcing mandatory attendance law
could be spent for students not in school
 Public esteem for schools would increase and
people would think of public institutions as
important part for educating U.S. youth
 Students would have to work for their right to
advance to the next grade

6. Conclusion
 Public schools are not effectively serving as
institutions of education
 Mandatory attendance laws for U.S. students is
harming the quality of education for everyone
 Eliminating such mandatory attendance law
would result in cost savings and restoration of
education quality back to U.S. public school
institutions