Our 2010 conference will present 100's of children and adult workshops featuring some of the most talented, knowledgeable, and committed individuals in the homeschooling movement today.
March 18 - 20, 2010
Pheasant Run Resort and Spa
4051 East Main St.
St. Charles, Illinois
REGISTRATION is now open!
INHOME is thrilled to welcome the following speakers to our 2010 conference!
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John Taylor Gatto
- Named New York City Teacher of the Year, John Taylor Gatto is an inspirational educator and author of several books including: Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (1992); The Exhausted School (1993); A Different Kind of Teacher (2000); and The Underground History Of American Education (2001). Mr. Gatto quit his teaching career in 1991 to pursue public speaking on the issue of educational reform.
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Resa Brown
- Resa Steindel Brown’s expertise is in building educational processes and environments that enable children to find their passion and develop their individual and innate brilliance. She has been involved in alternative education since 1970 and homeschooling since 1987. She homeschooled her own three children from kindergarten to college.
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Jim Weiss
- An award winning storyteller for over 25 years, Jim travels extensively throughout the United States, giving live performances and speaking on the art of storytelling. His connection to his audiences is magnetic and interactive. Adults and children alike will leave his performances feeling they have truly met characters from a wide range of classic literature and folk tales, with a heightened respect for the art of storytelling and for literature itself.
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Blake Boles
- Worked extensively with teens outside of traditional high school, Blake designs and leads innovative trips for self-directed teens through his companies Unschool Adventures and Homeschool Leadership Retreats, and he is the author of College Without High School: A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College. Since 2006 he has served as an advisor to unschooling teens at Grace Llewellyn's Not Back to School Camp.
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