9. Amish Education Ends After Eighth Grade The Amish prioritize practical skills over formal education. Children attend school up until the eighth grade, after which their education focuses on ...

Despite variations between the many subgroups, the vast majority of Old Order Amish communities terminate formal education at the eighth grade, meet in homes for religious services, wear ...

“It was the one thing that I loved about being Amish,” she says. She always loved school, even as a child, though now she understands her education lacked in key areas, like world histor ...