Tom DeWeese

TOM DEWEESE is one of the nation's leading advocates of individual liberty, free enterprise, property rights, and back-to-basics education. In 1985, Tom founded The DeWeese Company, a direct marketing and publishing firm. In 1988, he established the American Policy Center (APC). Under Tom's leadership, APC has joined the fight to rescue American education from federal intrusion and behavior-modification programs like Goals 2000, School-to-Work, and Outcome-based Education. Most recently, APC has become involved in the fight for American privacy rights against intrusive government data banks, particularly in opposition to the establishment of a national identification card. Since 1995, Tom has served as Editor-in-Chief of The DeWeese Report, and makes regular appearances on radio and television talk shows.

CATHY DUFFY is best known as a curriculum specialist. As the author of the two-volume Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual ((Elementary Grades and Junior/Senior High) she has researched curriculum and methodology for all subjects and all grade levels. Cathy began educating her three sons at home in 1982 and continued all the way through high school. Her extensive research and experience has made Cathy a popular speaker at home education conferences around the world, as well as a leader in the home education movement. In addition, Cathy has taken a broader interest in educational issues, authoring the book Government Nannies: The Cradle-to-Grave Agenda of Goals 2000 and Outcome-Based Education to address problems with the current direction of "educational reform." Concerns about government schooling prompted Cathy to get involved with the Children's Scholarship Fund in 1998, piloting a $15 million scholarship program in Los Angeles. That program helped children from low income families attend private and home schools.

Cathy Duffy