# Critics of State Education Part 2: The British Voluntaryists

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/critics-of-state-education-part-2-the-british-voluntaryists>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** December 10, 2014

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George H. Smith turns to the philosophy of Voluntaryism, discussing how its proponents fought against state control of education in the nineteenth century.

[Originally published in essay form on March 13, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/critics-state-education-part-2-british-voluntaryists)

_Narrated by James Foster._