[usmom]

Very interesting. I will bookmark this for later reading of the resources. I homeschool my children and wish I could withhold my tax money from going to the school system. Do you know what I could do with those thousands of dollars for my own kids?

[Remedy]

I homeschool my children and wish I could withhold my tax money from going to the school system. Do you know what I could do with those thousands of dollars for my own kids?

Our Mission--Build a Constituency for Separation / Tactics

By "Separation," we mean the elimination of local, state, national, and international governments from all aspects of education, including financing, determining curriculum, specifying outcomes, compelling attendance, credentialling teachers, and the accrediting and operating of schools.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

• "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." - Thomas Jefferson (1777)
• "The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother's care, shall be in state institutions at state expense." - Karl Marx (1848)

Have any professional surveys been done on Separation?

Yes, our first national survey revealed that 26% of Americans want local, state and federal government to get out of the schooling business. During the week of September 19, 1994, the Wirthlin Group polled a representative sample of 1006 voting age Americans about their opinions about government financing of schools and compelling attendance. The text of the news release at the time follows:

Marshall Fritz said, "Three weeks ago I said we didn't know if two or twenty-two percent of the population is already in favor of separation of school and state. Now we know that even without a national discussion, even without endorsement by leaders in education, politics and religion, even without the research required to answer many questions, fully a fourth of the American population is so fed up with government-based schooling that they are willing to return to the original American idea, public education that is open to the public but privately owned and operated."

Improve education by freeing schools from politics. Separate ...
Now, after 150 years of tax-financed schooling, we see more and more children failing to grow into responsible, caring, competent adults.

Using the Proclamation, we are building a groundswell that will eventually do the political job of ending government involvement in schooling.
The Proclamation has been endorsed by more than 21,000 people. You can see the ones in your city, state, or country by clicking here. (Wisconsin Registry - 418 Proclaimers ---- 81.6 per million) You can also see the names of prominent individuals who share your political or religious view by clicking here.

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