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Politics and education don't mix! It may be a jarring statement, but for more than three full lifetimes — the 220 years from the 1620s to the 1840s — most American schooling was independent of government control, subsidy, and influence. From this educational freedom the American Republic was born. Now, after 150 years of tax-financed schooling, we see more and more children failing to grow into responsible, caring, competent adults. A movement is growing to reclaim the American tradition of family responsibility in education by returning to the separation of school and state. You can use the World's Smallest Education Survey to clarify your view of the balance between parental and governmental control of a child's education. Or, you may go directly to our Proclamation for the Separation of School and State and declare that you want government out of schooling!   Our Proclamation   Our Proclamation is a bold statement that goes beyond the reform ideas that have been failing for over a century and are doomed to fail again. This short Proclamation goes to the tap root of the "public school" mess — government! Click here to sign it now! 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. You can also see the names of prominent individuals who share your political or religious view by clicking here. Action: Couples should both sign, as well as older children who understand and believe in School Liberation. Every person counts on our march to 1,000,000!   Proclaimers per million 228 per million / 1053 total - Minnesota 196 per million / 383 total - Utah 191 per million / 219 total - New Hampshire See all states   See Everyone Who Has Signed the Proclamation (listed by state or country) See Prominent People Who Have Signed Recent Proclaimers of Note Joseph Farah     Writer,     Author,     Editor and CEO     WorldNetDaily John K. Rosemond     Psychologist,     Author,     Syndicated colummnist,     Speaker on parenting Mark Shea     Catholic apologist,     Author,     Speaker,     and Blogger Penn & Teller     Magicians,     Comedians &     Variety show hosts Dinesh D'Souza     Author,     The Virtue of Prosperity,     The End of Racism,     and Illiberal Education Larry Elder     Talk show host,     Syndicated columnist     Author,     The Ten Things     You Can't Say     In America Doug Philips     President,     Vision Forum T. C. Pinkney     Baptist leader Msgr. Richard Schuler     Pastor emeritus,     Church of St. Agnes Peg Luksisk     Nat'l Parents Comm. Tim LaHaye     Minister, author Maria Mascarenhas     IRTLF Paul Mero     President,     Sutherland Inst. Dennis Peacock     President,     SCS Mark Skousen, Ph.D.     Economist Thomas Szasz, M.D.     Professor emeritus Richard Wilkins     Law professor, BYU David Moss     President,     Association     of Hebrew     Catholics Nimrod McNair     Executive Director,     Executive     Leadership     Foundation   [more]   Search WWW       Search sepschool.org Can we achieve our goal? The Berlin Wall was destined to fall, but nobody knew when. Similarly, School Liberation is possible, but we don't know when. We don't even know what event will trigger the collapse of support for government schools. What we do know is we are further along than most people think. Two national polls show that 1/4 of the U.S. population (50 million) already favor ending tax financing of schools and compulsory attendance. Another 50 million agree with the proviso that poor children get enough voluntary scholarships to go to better schools than today. Click here to see a two-page report of these national polls.