I've come to realize many Americans, including conservative minded ones, have ceded control of their children to their school districts. Glenn Reynolds posts about a bizarre prosecution of parents who are accused of forging a doctor's note to excuse their children from school, but this question from a reader seems posted as an afterthought:

“Why do you need a note from a doctor to keep your kids out of school?”

Why indeed? Until this is the first reaction of the average American, we have some way to go to reclaim our liberty.