Homeschooling
H.L. Mencken on Public Education
Homeschooling: A Hope for America, Edited by Carl Watner, Foreword by John Taylor Gatto
– R. C. Hoiles in a letter to Ludwig von Mises, Sept. 7, 1949.
Schools for All by Oscar B. Johannsen
An Introduction to Carl Watner’s Book Homeschooling: A Hope For America by Carl Watner
If You Have A Tool, You’ll Probably Use It by Carl Watner
Drawing The Line by Blair Adams
Who Controls the Children by Carl Watner
A Definition of Freedom by Julie Watner
The Ultimate History Lesson, by John Taylor Gatto (a Tragedy and Hope video)
An Interview with Charlotte Thompson Iserbyt (a Tragedy and Hope video)
Voluntaryist Critics of State Education by George H. Smith
Below is a list of additional articles which supplement our critique of educational statism. You must access them through our Table of Contents & Archives link.
- An Octopus Would Sooner Release Its Prey: Voluntaryism vs. Educational Statism, issue 48, page 1
- On Our Children and their Education, issue 58, page 8
- Why Homeschool? issue 35, page 4
- An Open Letter to Kerry Morgan, Author of REAL CHOICE, REAL FREEDOM IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, issue 108, page 1
- School and State, issue 108, page 8
- Moral Ideas Tax Supported Schools Cannot Teach, issue 109, page 8
- A Letter to the Homeschool Defense Association, issue 138, page 4
- Only Freedom Breeds Excellence, issue 140, page 1
- A Real Education, issue 140, page 8
- If You Have a Tool, You’ll Use It: On the Evolution of Tax-Supported Schools in Certain Parts of the United States, issue 146, page 1
- State Education Radically Wrong, issue 146, page 8
– Anonymous, REASONS AGAINST GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN EDUCATION (1843), reprinted in George H. Smith and Marilyn Moore (eds.), CRITICS OF STATE EDUCATION (2017), pp. 299-300.