In the 1970s, the Amish sought an exemption from Wisconsin's compulsory education law after the eighth grade to focus on farming and Bible study. In Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972), the court again vindicated the rights of families and religious communities. Nevertheless, these decisions left open some questions raised by the yeshiva controversy. Who gets to decide what the minimum standard of education should be? When the views of families conflict with the dictates of policy makers, who should prevail and under what circumstances? Defenders of religious liberty should pay close attention.