What if Compulsory mass schooling had gone differently?

Industrial states begin putting every child in a classroom, by law.

If it had gone differently: Literacy and numeracy stay patchy; the workforce and the electorate of 1900 look much like 1800's.

1. 1870The first globalisation, The world economy stays a patchwork of regions; no belle-époque boom, and no 1914 shock when it unwinds.
2. 1871German unification, Central Europe stays a cluster of middle powers; the balance that broke in 1914 never assembles.
3. 1882Electric power grids, Factories stay chained to their own steam plants; there is no clean power in the home and no electronics to come.
4. 1890The mass-circulation newspaper, News stays expensive and factional; there is no cheap daily press to make or manufacture a mass public opinion.