educational bureaucrats, ideological indoctrinators and other beneficiaries of todayÿýs system. What will happen when the growing number of homeschooling families withdraw their political support for the enormous taxes required to fund todayÿýs $300 billion government system? To combat these threats, defenders of the education status quo are fighting back with all the legal, legislative, and economic weapons at their disposal. The most insidious of these tactics services is the systematic undermining and co-opting of the homeschooling movement by establishing government homeschooling programs. Government homeschooling programs education and services set seductive lures before families by providing ÿýfreeÿý resources, education teachers, extracurricular activities, services facilities, and education even cash reimbursement. When enough families have voluntarily returned to the government system, it will be a relatively straightforward matter to

The sheer services number education of homeschoolers represent a distinct threat to the hegemony of the government school monopoly. Qualitatively, the academic success of homeschoolers, measured by standardized test scores and recruitment services by colleges education [1], debunk the myth that parents need to hire credentialed experts to force children to learn. services Homeschooling also refutes the ÿýmore money equals better educationÿý mantra of teacher education unions. The average homeschooling family spends approximately 10% of the per pupil costs associated with government services schools [2] in achieving these academic results. education Multiplied services by the number of homeschoolers, even these modest amounts add up to a sizeable market attracting numerous educational entrepreneurs. Besides challenging the legitimacy of government schools, homeschoolers also pose a more direct economic threat. Funding education for government schools is based on attendance,

all political stripes, including long-standing Tories - are hoping their grassroots movement will bring about a groundswell of support. The full-page ad reads, in part: ``Large classes. Fewer special education classes. Reduced library staff. Fewer arts programs . . . services Does this sound like your education school?'''' The first one appears in today''s Star. The funding formula is not meeting needs of kids in Toronto, or anywhere,'''' said Joanne Pauli, speaking on behalf of the newly formed services Friends of Public She has three children, one at North Toronto Collegiate. Most of the parents have some connection to the collegiate; the idea for the ad campaign came out of a parent council meeting. The one-size-fits-all formula isn''t really fitting anyone at all,'''' Pauli said. In 1998, the provincial government seized control of education spending, taking away individual boards'' ability to raise their own taxes depending on their needs. It now spends $13.4 billion a year.