Karen Skidmore Rackliffe has been a pioneer and a leader for many years in the rapidly growing home school movement. She is a founder of the Salt Lake Home Educators Association and has been a leader in the Utah Home Educators Association. She is a popular lecturer for these organizations and also the Charlotte Mason Convention in Utah. Her articles on self education have appeared in local, state and national newsletters and magazines. One of her articles was published in Charlotte Mason Study Guide by Penny Gardner. She has been interviewed on a talk radio show and her home school was featured in Utah Holiday Magazine in July 1991. Her favorite lecture topic is nature journals.