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Excerpt from Report of the Committee of the Citizens' Association of Chicago, on Education The questions submitted to your Committee on Education are as follows: First. Is it the duty of the State to furnish free education, supported by tax. Ation? And, if yes, how far should the child be educated, as to age and kind of study? And should such education be compulsory? And if compulsory, should there be a limitation of time each year? Second - A. Is the system of education, as practiced in our public schools the best that can be had under existing circumstances? Let the answer embrace all branches of the subject, including primary, grammar, high and normal schools, also limited and graded education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.