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K-12 education. but test scores dont go up. the good news is that there are all kinds of alternatives nowsc that allow kids to escape the government monopoly. now here is one more that i think you will be interested in if you watch my show. its because it was created by none other than libertarian congressman ron paul. four home schoolers, youre introducing the ron paul curriculum. which ism what? >> the curriculum is a freedom curriculum. its based on the freedom philosophy and the things ive t...

>> one of the coolest things> about coming here is i didnt know if ian wanted to go to college. because its not like anybody telling you like yeah, you need to go to college.ike my past has led me to go to college. >> stossel: at first it seemed like there were no rules, but there are rules. its just that the kids have an equal say in making the rules.n one vote per kid.u >> the community decides everything. by the community, i mean the collection of students and adults. no hierarchy here whatso...

>> how, if youre home all the time? >> well, there isnd a group oft 7,000 parents and they do a little social activities.i >> your mother made a video of a dance where home schoolers get together. ♪ >> this isnt a church basement and this is the kind of thing -- >> yes, they hosted a little dance there for all the home schoolers in the community. they have soccer classes.t i went to the metropolitan museum of arts, made a bunch ofe new friends there. and they do like three to five plays a year...

Changed back? >> they do. they think they can get it changed back and they also think they cany push back in the process of implementation. i think thats really one of the big questions that remains outth there. they change the law on the books, but is this going to beq really implemented? >> stossel: a few years ago, thh teachers union boss planned to give 59 brand-new hummers to top union officials until people heard about it, protested and that was stopped. >> well, this explains why thed tea...

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Have a regulation, when we doo real well in home schooling, become law and say one of the qualifieses to get in college is that you have to have a degree from such and such school. no matter how smart they are because otherwise well take thc money from you. if push comes to shove, they might try something like that. but right now the momentum is on our side and the numbers of people who -- >> 3% of the school kids now are home schooled. its gone up. >> whats the motivation to keep them? they get...

Writes, it would ruin one of the most essential institutions to get whats best for your kid. i thats not fors the common gooo >> anybody who is disgraceful enough to try to take cheap shots at somebodys children is because of a policy decision, i think it says a lot about their character. but if you look at kids across the country, whether its white, black, rich, poor, if someone it sending their kid to a private school, theyre still paying taxes that go to that publich school and now thats one ...