Amish education ends at eighth grade
Amish do not attend college, or even high school. Amish feel an eight-grade education is enough for members of their society. Amish traditionally have farmed and performed manual labor.
Sometimes, Amish-raised individuals go on to get a GED or even to graduate from college. On occasion some Amish youth have even attended high school. But education beyond the eighth grade is extremely rare for the Amish.
However, some Amish do take correspondence courses to learn a particular skill, such as accounting. More and more Amish have begun running their own businesses in recent years.
Some think that Amish may become more open to formal education beyond the eighth grade in future, due to the demands of business.
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Beachy Amish have a slightly different approach. One woman, who had converted in Arkansas, was permitted to continue her education, and study genetics. I think that this was partially because she was beyond typical marriage age, and she needed to support herself, as well as genetics is an important issue within the Amish community.
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