when did it become a law to go to school
Compulsory education In 1918, Mississippi was the last state to enact a compulsory attendance law.[21]
School corporal punishment Poland in 1783 was the first nation to outlaw corporal punishment in schools. School corporal punishment is no longer practised in any European country. As of 2015, most developed countries have abolished the practice, with the exception of some parts of the United States, some Australian states, and Singapore. It is still in common use in a number of countries in Africa and Asia. It was banned in state-funded schools, throughout the United Kingdom, in 1986. It was banned in UK Public and private schools that received no state funding, in 1999 in England and Wales, 2000 in Scotland, and 2003 in Northern Ireland.