It is mortifying to remember that Washington has no compulsory school attendance law and that careful inquiries indicate the habitual absence from school of some twenty per cent of all children between the ages of eight and fourteen.
Roosevelt expresses concern over the lack of a compulsory school attendance law in Washington, D.C., which affects children's education.
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