The tremendous spillover effects of education were first recognized in the United States in 1865 in Massachusetts when taxpayers began paying for teaching young children how to read and write and add and subtract. Of the 48 states in 1918 Mississippi was the last state to not only provide taxpayer money to educate young children but require that children up to 16 years of age attend public school. With lots of baby boomers retiring and facing increasing health challenges, we are going to need more doctors and nurses. Maybe at that point more people will fully recognize and appreciate the tremendous spillover effects of education.
The tremendous spillover effects of education were first recognized in the United States in 1865 in Massachusetts when taxpayers began paying for teaching young children how to read and write and add and subtract. Of the 48 states in 1918 Mississippi was the last state to not only provide taxpayer money to educate young children but require that children up to 16 years of age attend public school. With lots of baby boomers retiring and facing increasing health challenges, we are going to need more doctors and nurses. Maybe at that point more people will fully recognize and appreciate the tremendous spillover effects of education.