[DoingIsLearning]

> 4) Has compulsory education made the world a better place?

Not sure what is there to debate on that one? Compulsory education has been a vehicle for giving children time away from child labour and abusive parenting.

For that reason alone it is a net positive specially in developing economies where child labour is accepted.

[eukaryote]

Ok, the other side of the debate is: education is provided by governments who want to protect people in power and their own interests, so pushes an education system that protects those in power (not saying I agree with this side of the debate)