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Homeschooling, Into the Breach

Published October 25, 2018

Homeschooling, Into the Breach The number of American parents choosing to opt out of traditional education continues to grow. Kerry McDonald October 18, 2018 Education When Purva Brown’s first child was still an infant, her husband James introduced the idea of homeschooling. An electrician, he spent much of his time in public schools, installing and […]

October 26th Scots Book of Days

Published October 25, 2018

October 26 664 Cedd Abbot of Lastingham Bishop of the East Saxons. Saint Cedd was trained by St Aidan (died 651) who came to Lindisfarne in Northumbria from the island of Iona in Scotland, with the Celtic Feast and Mass days celebrated in Scotland for 9 centuries. 899 Alfred the Great, King of the […]

How Culture Shapes Childhood

Published October 25, 2018

“Culture shapes childhood by how it develops an understanding of what it means to be a child, and how it interprets that child’s standing in a community. In America, a child doesn’t reach adulthood until 18 years of age, even though many families recognize maturing milestones, such as “Sweet 16.” Over this last generation, Americans […]

Podcast: What Do Drag Queens Want With Your Kids?

Published October 24, 2018

Podcast: What Do Drag Queens Want With Your Kids?

Those With One Sexual Partner in Their Lifetime More Likely to Have Happy Marriage

Published October 24, 2018

Those With One Sexual Partner in Their Lifetime More Likely to Have Happy Marriage

What I Learned About Young People While Trying to Buy a Car

Published October 24, 2018

What I Learned About Young People While Trying to Buy a Car

October 25th Scots Book of Days

Published October 24, 2018

October 25 – 287 Crispin and Crispinian Martyrs at Rome. For centuries these martyrs were honored in Scotland. Crispin Court is in Creetown Scotland. St Crispin’s School is in Edinburgh. 1230 Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford died. Surety of the Magna Charta. Gilbert’s daughter, Isabel, married Robert De Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, […]

A Better Way to Spend Our Education Dollars

Published October 23, 2018

A Better Way to Spend Our Education Dollars Kristiana Bolzman / October 22, 2018 “The issue isn’t how much we’re spending on education—it’s how we’re spending,” writes Kristiana Bolzman. (Photo: PeopleImages/Getty Images) Commentary By Kristiana Bolzman Kristiana Bolzman is development manager at the Independent Institute, a non-partisan think tank in the San Francisco Bay Area. […]

Nearly Half Of American Children Don’t Have Married Parents

Published October 23, 2018

Nearly Half Of American Children Don’t Have Married Parents. Here’s Why It Matters. Grace Carr / @gbcarr24 / October 22, 2018 (Photo: KidStock Blend Images/Newscom) Unmarried couples are having roughly 40 percent of all births in the U.S., marking a trend that may be detrimental to the upbringing of those children. For the first time […]

October 24th Scots Book of Days

Published October 23, 2018

October 24 1378 David Stewart Duke of Rothesay was born to Carrick and Annabella. heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402). 1537 Jane Seymour, Queen and wife of King Henry 8th died. Beginning events for her brother Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp from 5 June 1536, and Earl of Hertford from 15 October 1537, to […]

October 23rd Scots Book of Days

Published October 22, 2018

October 23 – 42 BC – Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus’s army. Brutus commits suicide. Antony’s descendants survive into Britain and Scotland. Or so the storey went frm Plutarch. 1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England […]

Principal Replaced After Telling Student to Take Off Trump Jersey at ‘Patriotic’ Football Game

Published October 17, 2018

Principal Replaced After Telling Student to Take Off Trump Jersey at ‘Patriotic’ Football Game

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