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Vicki Bentley

Vicki Bentley

Israel Wayne: In what year did you begin homeschooling, and what was your initial reason to start home educating? Vicki Bentley: We began homeschooling the first time in 1988 and I really don’t recall the exact reason. It wasn’t a religious conviction so...
David & Linda Watkins — Minnesota Homeschool Pioneers

David & Linda Watkins — Minnesota Homeschool Pioneers

Israel Wayne: In what year did you begin homeschooling, and what was your initial reason to start home educating? David & Linda Watkins: 1985. Our daughter has some learning issues and needed one-on-one help. We didn’t care for the public school “special needs”...
Michael & Gayle Back — Ohio Homeschooling Pioneers

Michael & Gayle Back — Ohio Homeschooling Pioneers

Israel Wayne:  In what year did you begin homeschooling, and what was your initial reason to start home educating? Michael & Gayle Back: Technically in 1980 and officially in 1986.  When the idea was presented to us (by Dr. James Dobson and Dr. Raymond Moore) we...
Steve & Jane Lambert – Five in a Row

Steve & Jane Lambert – Five in a Row

Israel Wayne: In what year did you begin homeschooling, and what was your initial reason to start home educating? Steve & Jane Lambert: We began in December, 1981 after realizing that our influence over our 1st grade daughter was rapidly being overcome by the...
Ralph Swanson – Early Homeschool Pioneer

Ralph Swanson – Early Homeschool Pioneer

Ralph Swanson is one of the earliest homeschooling pioneers I know. In 1969, he moved his young family across the ocean to a small island in Japan, and home educated them. At that time, virtually NO ONE was thinking about homeschooling. Many of you may be familiar...
Rob & Cyndy Shearer — Greenleaf Press

Rob & Cyndy Shearer — Greenleaf Press

Israel Wayne: In what year did you begin homeschooling, and what was your initial reason to start home educating? Rob & Cyndy Shearer: 1985 – We were impressed by the poise of the kids in a homeschooling family we had met. And most impressed by their...
David & Shirley Quine — Cornerstone Curriculum

David & Shirley Quine — Cornerstone Curriculum

Preface: I am very pleased to be able to share this essay with you because David Quine is a man who has had considerable impact on my own life and is part of my personal journey. In the late 1980s, David began writing a regular column for my mother’s magazine,...
Chris Klicka – HSLDA Attorney

Chris Klicka – HSLDA Attorney

My friend, Chris Klicka went home to be with Jesus today October 12, 2009 around 11:00 am, MST. In 1985, Christopher J. Klicka joined the Home School Legal Defense Association and served as Senior Counsel as well as Director of State and International Relations....
Samuel Blumenfeld – Education Expert

Samuel Blumenfeld – Education Expert

Perhaps the greatest education historian of the past 100 years has died at the age of 89. Samuel Blumenfeld was an educator, author and speaker, who has helped thousands of people to understand the roots and true goals of government education. Sam’s writing has...
Chris Davis – Thoughts on 30+ Years of  Homeschooling

Chris Davis – Thoughts on 30+ Years of Homeschooling

As a homeschooled graduate who began homeschooling in the late 1970s and 1980s, I have a desire to introduce current homeschoolers to their history. Chris Davis was one of the pioneers of the modern-day homeschooling movement. He was the founder of The Elijah Company,...