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To have sovereign money, we must have sovereign education.  In today’s episode, we explore sovereign education in Alaska with bitcoin homeschoolers, Wade and Tami.  They are breaking the misconception you can’t homeschool if both parents work.  They have also taken the initiative to organize the 2025 Bitcoin Alaska conference.  So much proof of work!  Check out their story.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

• Homebridge is one of three options for parents in Juneau, Alaska
• During the pandemic, Wade and Tami witnessed how poorly the school system was being run
• A second factor that led to homeschooling was a first-hand experience from political agendas being pushed in public schools
• Start homeschooling with kids as young as possible
• Wad and Tami do not let their younger children have unsupervised access to digital devices
• Psychosis is being actively allowed and taught in public schools
• An elementary school had a “coming out transgender” party for an eight year old without the knowledge of the kids’ parents
• Their kids are more diverse in terms of being able to socialize with other ages than their public school counterparts
• Every state is different and the Alaska constitution mandates a robust public school system
• Homebridge was established during COVID
• It includes a physical location staffed by a teacher
• Kids in the program have access to the public school library, sports and classes
• Parents also get payments to be used on other activities, e.g., karate, ceramics, swimming, online classes, photography,
• Offering topics outside of what public schools offer is a huge upside to homeschooling
• Opened the door for dual-income families to still homeschool
• Geographic arbitrage is how Wade described the ability to move to other states … in the long term, parents can vote with their feet
• Their kids have been exposed to Bitcoin and even ask to get chore money in bitcoin instead of fiat
• Society (thanks to fiat indoctrination) drastically underestimates when kids can learn new material 
• Wade is a Mi Primer Bitcoin light node and teaches their diploma at their local Juneau meetup
• Alaskan natives are very proud of being sovereign people
• What “sovereign education” really means
• One of the hardest things that challenged Wade and Tami was the stigma of what “homeschooling” means, especially when both parents work
• There’s a huge lobby from the education union to push kids back into school because they’re losing funds
• The swamp to include the government, NGO’s, unions, other special interests are going to fight harder than ever to protect their gravy train.  Parents must stand up for their rights.  The statists do not care about what is best for the child, nor what is the most effective and efficient method of education.  They care only about keeping power and control.
• To win the big battle we must remove the money.  That’s the only way long term to win.  The education infinite game.
• We all have different roles to play in the short and long term games.

 RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:

• Twitter @BitcoinAlaska
• Twitter @AlaskaBTC
• Homebridge, https://homebridge.juneauschools.org
• Girls on the Run, https://www.girlsontherun.org
• Homeschool Defense League, https://hslda.org
• Mi Primer Bitcoin “Diploma”, https://myfirstbitcoin.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/English-BD-2024.pdf
• Kahn Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org
• Bitcoin Alaska conference, https://bitcoinalaska.org

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Article "Homeschoolers Are Bitcoiners Who Don't Know It Yet" https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/parallels-between-homeschool-and-bitcoin

Tali’s “Quick Start” checklist  https://www.freemarketkids.com/blogs/i-want-to-start-homeschooling/i-want-to-start-homeschooling-quick-start-checklist