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Edith Abbott and Sophonisba P. Breckinridge. Truancy and Non-Attendance in the Chicago Schools. Chicago: University of Chicago (1917).

Truancy and Non-Attendance in the Chicago Schools

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Edith Abbott and Sophonisba P. Breckinridge

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PART ONE: LEGAL PRINCIPLES: HISTORY OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION LEGISLATION IN ILLINOIS

I. LEGAL ASPECTS OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION LEGISLATION

II. HISTORY OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION LEGISLATION IN ILLINOIS: THE STRUGGLE FOR A FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM, 1818-55

III. THE STRUGGLE FOR A COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE LAW IN ILLINOIS, 1855-83

IV. THE GROWTH OF THE COMPULSORY SYSTEM, 1883-99

V. PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ILLINOIS CHILD LABOR AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAWS, 1893-1916

PART TWO: PRESENT CONDITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT

VI. EXTENT OF TRUANCY AND NON-ATTENDANCE IN CHICAGO: A STUDY OF THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS OF NINE SELECTED SCHOOLS

VII. THE TRANSFER SYSTEM AS A FACTOR IN NONATTENDANCE

VIII. A DETAILED STUDY OF THE EXTENT OF NON-ATTENDANCE IN TWO SELECTED SCHOOLS

IX NON-ATTENDANCE AT THE SOURCE

X THE HABITUAL TRUANT AND THE SCHOOLROOM INCORRIGIBLE

XI. THE PARENTAL SCHOOL

XII. TRUANCY AND NON-ATTENDANCE IN RELATION TO MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEFECTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

XIII. TRUANCY IN RELATION TO DEPENDENCY AND DELINQUENCY

XIV. ENFORCEMENT OF THE COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF CHICAGO

XV. THE SCHOOL CENSUS AS A MEANS OF ENFORCING THE ATTENDANCE LAW

XVI. THE VISITING TEACHER AS A REMEDY FOR TRUANCY AND NON-ATTENDANCE

XVII. THE TRUANCY PROBLEM IN THE CHICAGO SUBURBS AND IN OTHER PARTS OF ILLINOIS

XVIII. THE SPECIAL PROBLEM OF THE IMMIGRANT CHILD

XIX. THE EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE SYSTEM AND THE SAFE GUARDING OF THE COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE PERIOD

XX. THE NEED OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN FOURTEEN AND SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE

XXI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

LIST OF APPENDIXES

I. EXTRACTS FROM DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE AGITATION FOR A SYSTEM OF FREE SCHOOLS AND A COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE LAW

II. EXTRACTS FROM PUBLICATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RELATING TO THE COMPULSORY EDUCATION PROBLEM IN CHICAGO

III DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD LABOR AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAWS IN ILLINOIS Extracts from the first four annual reports of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois

IV. EARLY LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FREE SCHOOLS, COMPULSORY EDUCATION, AND CHILD LABOR

V. TABLE SHOWING IN PARALLEL COLUMNS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND CHILD LABOR LAWS OF ILLINOIS, 1870-I916

VI. A NOTE ON STATISTICS RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IN CHICAGO

VII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICAGO BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SUPERVISION

Notes

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