The Amish Exception: The Story of Wisconsin v. Yoder (a famous US Supreme Court decision)

Recommendable! An example of American Exceptionalism!

Strange, this video did not even mention conscientious objector in the context of the Amish people! Nor did it mention the Quakers nor the Mennonites.

What Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Mother Thought of Germany's Public Schools—and What She Did About It

Recommendable! On the importance of home schooling! Questioning the government mandate of compulsory public schooling!

Grateful for the advances of technology that make home schooling or other alternatives to government run schools for many parents much easier, affordable, and much better than ever before!

"... powerful character of Bonhoeffer’s mother, whom one cousin called “the soul and spirit of the house.” A devout woman, she had a deep-seated (and impressive) distrust of the German public school system, refusing to allow her children to attend them at a young age.

“She was openly distrustful of the German public schools and their Prussian educational methods. She subscribed to the maxim that Germans had their backs broken twice, once at school and once in the military, she wasn’t about to entrust her children to the care of others less sensitive than she during their earliest years.” ...
Paula understood the risks of educating her small, impressionable children in the state’s schools. A skilled teacher, she was able to educate her children herself, teaching them an assortment of hymns, poems, and folks songs. She also allowed them to learn and explore on their own in the natural environment around Breslau and in the Glatz Mountains near the Bohemian border where the family often vacationed. As a result, when her children did eventually enter the public school system—with a foundation of solid values—they excelled.

Unfortunately, a subsequent generation of German mothers would not have this luxury. In 1920, school attendance was made mandatory in Germany."

What Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Mother Thought of Germany's Public Schools—and What She Did About It Paula Bonhoeffer was 'openly distrustful' of the German public school system, and refused to son her small children into it.

What Would Happen if We Eliminated Compulsory Schooling Laws

Very recommendable! It is one of those great myth that the education of children was extremely inadequate before government stepped in with compulsory schooling laws!

Remember, one of the primary motives behind government mandated uniform and compulsory education of children was national power and empire building!

I think it is worth trying to completely eliminate compulsory schooling of children. It would be a great experiment in individual liberty. Devolution of  more power to parents and children from government! Privatize education!

Given today's technologies, e.g. home schooling via online education has become a very viable option!

E.g. some of today's controversies about public primary and secondary schooling would evaporate like gender identity and critical race theory.

Best of all side effects, it will significantly lower the tax burden on citizens and it will make education a lot cheaper again!

4 Things That Would Happen if We Eliminated Compulsory Schooling Laws - Foundation for Economic Education Eliminating compulsory schooling laws would break the century-and-a-half stranglehold of schooling on education.

End government compulsory schooling

If there is one subject that shows that government of liberal Western countries have too much power and control over their citizens, then it is compulsory school education for children.

In the 21st year of the 21st century, the usual arguments in favor of government compulsory schooling are much less convincing. Take the egalitarian motive: Well those citizens, and there are many, who can afford it have in the past and will continue in the future to enroll their children in expensive private schools anyway! 

Then there were also more historically sinister motives for why government needs to be in charge of children's education: Soldiers that can read, write, and do basic math are better for empire building.

If we believe in that most citizens are responsible, mature, moral, and autonomous free citizens, then government cannot force the children of these citizens to go to school. These citizens naturally aspire to have their children receive the best education possible.

Government will still have a role to play: E.g. some regulations regarding the e.g. the safety of education or to prevent criminal enterprises; to step in when the welfare of a child is in danger e.g. when parents or guardians for the child are not available or unwilling to educate their child at all.

Government run schools can exist side by side and compete with private schools. Give citizens a choice! More competition please among educational institutions!

Once the government compulsion is removed more citizens will step up to provide better education to e.g. disadvantaged children. Thus, positively reinforcing better and more engaged citizens! A virtuous cycle!

For classical liberals this state of affairs is not acceptable! Government compulsory schooling as we know it needs to be abolished or seriously reformed!

4 Things That Would Happen if We Eliminated Compulsory Schooling Laws

Very recommendable! Indeed compulsory schooling should be eliminated! Privatize K12 education! The Internet alone provides so much educational materials for free that are sufficient.

4 Things That Would Happen if We Eliminated Compulsory Schooling Laws - Foundation for Economic Education: Stripping the state of its power to define, control, and monitor something as beautifully broad as education would have a large and lasting impact on re-empowering families, encouraging educational entrepreneurs, and creating more choice and opportunity for all learners.