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we have increasingly colonialhistory held the view that education is a private good, which should serve the individual interests of colonialhistory educational consumers, rather than a public colonialhistory good, which should serve the broader public interest in producing competent citizens and productive workers. First, consider our traditional commitment to preserving local control. The core issue here is the wide and deep strain of libertarian sentiment that lies at the heart of the colonialhistory American psyche. The urge to preserve individual liberty is a key to understanding American society, and it is what defines our distinctive approach to politics, economics, and education. Don''t tell me what to do" has colonialhistory long been our national slogan. By it we have meant in particular that colonialhistory government colonialhistory should keep off our backs -- especially government that is far removed from our local community. All you need to do is remember that this nation was born of an uprising

with a national average of almost $6,000 per student [3]. Homeschooled children represent over seven billion dollars out of reach of local government schools and, at colonialhistory its current growth rate, each year more colonialhistory than colonialhistory another billion dollars slips away. Politically, homeschoolers are a force to be reckoned with when their rights are endangered. The most highly publicized and effective example of their growing political clout occurred in 1994 when the House of Representatives inserted language into an educational appropriations bill that would have required all teachers to be credentialed. Homeschoolers perceived this provision as a threat to their autonomy and overwhelmed phone and fax lines to their representatives until the credentialing language was removed by a 424-1 vote. Homeschooling’s economic and political impact is keenly felt by teacher unions,