Liberation of Education Conference and Youth Education Expo
A conference for bold, creative families who value community, connection, and hands-on learning. The Liberation of Education Expo is more than an event — it’s an unforgettable experience where curiosity leads, kids thrive, and parents find their people.
October 31 – November 2, 2025
300+
Attendees
18+
Sessions
30+
Speakers
17HR
3 Days
Join parents, educators, and youth from across the country in San Marcos, TX, for an inspiring weekend filled with powerful keynotes, hands-on learning experiences for youths 6-17, and meaningful connections.
Shaping education’s future
30+
Speakers
17HRS
3 Days
FAMILY
Ticket
Deal!
$289 FAMILY TICKET DEAL! – ONE ADULT AND UP TO 3 YOUTH TICKETS
FAMILY
Ticket Deal!
$289 FAMILY TICKET DEAL! – ONE ADULT AND UP TO 3 YOUTH TICKETS
Magic happens when education is liberated!
What will you get?
Visionary Speakers
Hear from bold leaders, innovative educators, and passionate youth changing the future of education.
Nationwide Movement
Join a growing network of changemakers from across the U.S. committed to learner-centered transformation.
Level-up Your Impact
Gain tools, insights, and real-world strategies to empower your journey—whether you're a parent, educator, or student.
Help Find Your Tribe
Connect with a vibrant, values-driven community that believes in possibility, purpose, and personal growth.
2025 SAN MARCOS CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Event
Schedules
Friday 10/31
Saturday 11/1
Sunday 11/2
9:00 AM
Welcome & Issue Framing: School and Education VS Learning & Growing
9:30 AM
Main Stage Panel: So what is learning anyway, and how does it happen?
10:30-1:00
Exhibits open
10:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: Navigating Zoning and Real Estate for Microschools
Homeschool Track: Introduction to Homeschooling
Legal Track: Understanding the Legal Foundations for Ending Compulsory Education
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Main Stage Panel: Reexamining Education: What Was School Created For?
2:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: Setting Up for Success
Homeschool Track: Legalities and Funding
Legal Track: The Constitution and the Compulsion Question: Do We Really Have a Choice?
3:45 PM
Main Stage Keynote: The Devastating Consequences of Forced School
9:00 AM
Welcome & Issue Framing: Reimagining Childhood Education
9:30 AM
Main Stage Panel: Becoming Successful Doing Education Differently: Learning to Think Independently.
10:30-1:00
Exhibits open
10:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: Carving Out Your Niche in the Competitive Education Market
Homeschool Track: Choices and Customization
Legal Track: How to Fight for Freedom: Advocacy Stratagies to End Compulsory Schooling
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Main Stage Panel: Funding the Child Not the System
2:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: Effective Marketing Strategies for Small Schools
Homeschool Track: Integrating Unschooling Principles
Legal Track: The Constitution and the Compulsion Question: When the State Goes TOO Far: Legal Remedies for Educational Coercion
3:45 PM
Main Stage Keynote: Organizing a Learning Revolution
9:00 AM
Welcome & Issue Framing: Education For Your Child on Your Terms
9:30 AM
Main Stage Panel: Student Driven Learning
10:30-1:00
Exhibits open
10:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: From Vision to Reality
Homeschool Track: Socialization and Extracurricular Activities
Legal Track: Rewriting the Rules: Legal Framework for a Post-Compulsory Future
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Main Stage Panel: Traditional Education and Mental Health
2:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: Sustainable Growth Strategies for Microschools
Homeschool Track: Preparing for the Future: High School and Beyond
Legal Track: Tools for Liberation: Resources to Empower Families and Learners
3:45 PM
Main Stage Keynote: Revolutionizing Education to Save Humanity: A Call for Courage, Clarity, and Constitutional Resolve
YOUTH EDUCATION EXPO
Presented In Partnership With
Friday 10/31
Saturday 11/1
Sunday 11/2
8:00 AM
Youth Check-In Opens
9:00 AM
Opening + Interactive Discussion: The Importance of Taking Responsibility for Your Own Learning and Growing
10:00 AM
Choose Your Fun Learning Experience
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Return to Your Fun Learning Experience
3:45 PM
Final Interactive Discussion + Closing Celebration: How to Know What to Learn: Finding your Ikigai
8:00 AM
Youth Check-In Opens
9:00 AM
Opening + Interactive Discussion: Developing Character and Values for Life
10:00 AM
Choose Your Fun Learning Experience
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Return to Your Fun Learning Experience
3:45 PM
Final Interactive Discussion + Closing Celebration: Providing Value to Those Around You
8:00 AM
Youth Check-In Opens
9:00 AM
Opening + Interactive Discussion: Creativity and Uniqueness is a Super Power
10:00 AM
Choose Your Fun Learning Experience
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Return to Your Fun Learning Experience
3:45 PM
Final Interactive Discussion + Closing Celebration: The World is Abundant: How to Cultivate Abundance
Event
Schedules
Friday 10/31
9:00 AM
Welcome & Issue Framing: School and Education VS Learning & Growing
9:30 AM
Main Stage Panel: So what is learning anyway, and how does it happen?
10:30-1:00
Exhibits open
10:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: Navigating Zoning and Real Estate for Microschools
Homeschool Track: Introduction to Homeschooling
Legal Track: Understanding the Legal Foundations for Ending Compulsory Education
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Main Stage Panel: Reexamining Education: What Was School Created For?
2:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: Setting Up for Success
Homeschool Track: Legalities and Funding
Legal Track: The Constitution and the Compulsion Question: Do We Really Have a Choice?
3:45 PM
Main Stage Keynote: The Devastating Consequences of Forced School
Saturday 11/1
9:00 AM
Welcome & Issue Framing: Reimagining Childhood Education
9:30 AM
Main Stage Panel: Becoming Successful Doing Education Differently: Learning to Think Independently.
10:30-1:00
Exhibits open
10:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: Carving Out Your Niche in the Competitive Education Market
Homeschool Track: Choices and Customization
Legal Track: How to Fight for Freedom: Advocacy Stratagies to End Compulsory Schooling
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Main Stage Panel: Funding the Child Not the System
2:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: Effective Marketing Strategies for Small Schools
Homeschool Track: Integrating Unschooling Principles
Legal Track: The Constitution and the Compulsion Question: When the State Goes TOO Far: Legal Remedies for Educational Coercion
3:45 PM
Main Stage Keynote: Organizing a Learning Revolution
Sunday 11/2
9:00 AM
Welcome & Issue Framing: Education For Your Child on Your Terms
9:30 AM
Main Stage Panel: Student Driven Learning
10:30-1:00
Exhibits open
10:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: From Vision to Reality
Homeschool Track: Socialization and Extracurricular Activities
Legal Track: Rewriting the Rules: Legal Framework for a Post-Compulsory Future
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Main Stage Panel: Traditional Education and Mental Health
2:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
Microschool Track: Sustainable Growth Strategies for Microschools
Homeschool Track: Preparing for the Future: High School and Beyond
Legal Track: Tools for Liberation: Resources to Empower Families and Learners
3:45 PM
Main Stage Keynote: Revolutionizing Education to Save Humanity: A Call for Courage, Clarity, and Constitutional Resolve
YOUTH EDUCATION EXPO
Presented In Partnership With
Friday 10/31
Saturday 11/1
Sunday 11/2
8:00 AM
Youth Check-In Opens
9:00 AM
Opening + Interactive Discussion: The Importance of Taking Responsibility for Your Own Learning and Growing
10:00 AM
Choose Your Fun Learning Experience
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Return to Your Fun Learning Experience
3:45 PM
Final Interactive Discussion + Closing Celebration: How to Know What to Learn: Finding your Ikigai
8:00 AM
Youth Check-In Opens
9:00 AM
Opening + Interactive Discussion: Developing Character and Values for Life
10:00 AM
Choose Your Fun Learning Experience
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Return to Your Fun Learning Experience
3:45 PM
Final Interactive Discussion + Closing Celebration: Providing Value to Those Around You
8:00 AM
Youth Check-In Opens
9:00 AM
Opening + Interactive Discussion: Creativity and Uniqueness is a Super Power
10:00 AM
Choose Your Fun Learning Experience
12:00 PM
1-Hour Lunch Break: Food Available for Purchase On-Site & Off-Site
1:00 PM
Return to Your Fun Learning Experience
3:45 PM
Final Interactive Discussion + Closing Celebration: The World is Abundant: How to Cultivate Abundance
Our Visionary
Speakers
MAIN STAGE SPEAKERS
HOST: Jon England
Libertas Institute
Michael Strong
Founder of The Socratic Experience
George Popham
Bay State Learning Center
Alex Newman
Liberty Sentinel Media
Colleen Hroncich
Cato Institute
Dezirea Contreras
Discover U
Mandy Drogin
Mandy Drogin
Ken Danford
North Star: Self-Directed Learning
Erin Valdez
Center for Education and Public Service Incubator
Dr. Erin Flynn
Hedge School Coop
JoAnn Nolte
Esteam Learning
Leslie Hiner
Edchoice
John Papola
Emergent Order
Denise Lever
Baker Creek Academy
HOMESCHOOL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Tiffany Hernandez
The Ultimate Homeschool Community Podcast
Elan Page
Homeschool Our Way
Leslie Hiner
Edchoice
MICROSCHOOL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Sarah Pevehouse
Apogee Dripping Springs
Lynn Swanson
Stand Together
Dr. Erin Flynn
Hedge School Coop
JoAnn Nolte
Esteam Learning
Dezirea Contreras
Discover U
Ready to liberate your kids from the traditional education system?
Our three-day conference covers everything you need to know: how to educate kids for the 21st century, what schools and models are being built, what policy changes are happening in your area, how to design a curriculum at home, and how to supplement your kids’ education on your own if you can’t pull them out.
If you’re a parent or an educator, you won’t want to miss this.
When & Where
October 31 - November 2, 2025
Hosted at: Embassy Suites San Marcos Hotel Conference Center & Spa
Location: San Marcos, TX
