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Harold Levy, a former chancellor of the New York City schools, proposes raising the age of compulsory education.  The current compulsory education age across states ranges from 16 to 18.  Levy proposes that all students remain in school until age 19. He maintains that simply having a high school education does [...]

Like people in many occupations, teachers often feel increasingly constrained by bureaucratic rules. In a recent address to the New York Historical Society, the prominent lawyer Philip Howard noted that teachers reported spending half the time in the classroom keeping order because their authority was undermined by students’ “rights.” According [...]