# Thomas Jefferson on Public Education, Part 1

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/thomas-jefferson-on-public-education-part-1>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** December 31, 2014

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George H. Smith discusses Jefferson's ideas about education and his plan for a decentralized system of public schools.

[Originally published in essay form on April 3, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/thomas-jefferson-public-education-part-1)

_Narrated by James Foster._