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Reed A. Benson - LDS-HEA Conference 1994
Brother Benson spoke at our very first conference and was with us for many years thereafter to give us energy and courage. In 2002 he was ill, but came to receive an award and both he and Sister Benson spoke briefly. Since then he has been in retirement.
President Benson died on Memorial Day, a Monday, in 1994. Our Conference was that Friday, and since the General Authorities conduct the funeral of a prophet our group of several hundred eager and faithful homeschoolers was blessed to hear a son's loving tribute to his beloved father.
Listening between the lines, President Benson loved the homeschoolers!
"A
Light in Zion: How Homeschooling Benefits
Family and Community"
Paul Mero, LDS-HEA Conference 2006
As
President of the Sutherland Institute, Paul has
been instrumental in influencing public policy and
in legislative issues in Utah and internationally.
Among his many publications for the Sutherland
Institute
is an essay on Self-reliance in Education.
He is also co-author of The
Natural Family: A Manifesto together with the
Howard Center.
Paul and his wife, Sally,
have six children and two grandchildren.
They are long-time homeschoolers.
Darla Isackson and Heidi Hanks,
LDS-HEA Conference 2005
Darla Isackson, a reporter for Meridian Magazine online, researched and wrote several articles about the history of public schools in early Utah. She also wrote about the homeschool movement.
Heidi Hanks, her daughter-in-law, joined her at our conference to share her "conversion" story, her early fears, and her firm love of homeschooling.
John Taylor Gatto, Newquist Breakfast 2001
After being named New York City Teacher of the Year on three occasions, John Gatto quit teaching. He resigned on the OP ED page of the Wall Street Journal in 1991 -- while still New York State Teacher of the Year -- claiming that he was no longer willing to hurt children. Since then he has spoken non-stop all over the world. He's a fascinating speaker, but he's not for the faint of heart!
John's most popular book is Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (1992); his most scholarly book is The Underground History Of American Education (2001). His website is johntaylorgatto.com