Katie Abercrombie
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Are Parents Missing the Point?
When I was growing up, I can only remember having two or three birthday parties (for me) and I don’t…
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4th Grader Suspended For Having an Imagination.
A 4th grader in Kermit, Texas, was suspended from school last week after he said he could use his “ring…
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Kids and Technology
When my kids were growing up, we were a pretty tech-savvy family for that time period, the 1990’s into the…
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Adam Lanza Was NOT a Homeschooler.
After the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012, Governor Daniel Malloy created…
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What Defines a “Parenting Expert”?
When my editor assigned me the “Parenting” beat on PolitiChicks, I had to laugh. After all, I quit teaching parenting…
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NEW Parenting Section’s Katie Abercrombie: Parents Are the Key to Educational Success
For the past twenty years, I have been homeschooling my four children. They are all grown now, and, except for my…
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September 11: Memories of a Homeschool Mom
I was cleaning the toilet. I’ll always remember that I was scrubbing the toilet when my kids ran into the…
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Is Burger King Unpatriotic?
Burger King is buying the Tim Horton’s doughnut chain and moving its headquarters to Canada, where it will receive a…
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1st Amendment Case Wins at North Carolina University
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom…
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Obama vs. Supreme Court
The June 30 Supreme Court ruling dealt a blow to the big government policies of the Obama administration. Last week, the court…
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Is NPR Becoming Pro-Gun?
One certainly never expects to read an article on NPR that is remotely positive toward gun ownership, but their review…
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Is Another Clinton Presidency Inevitable?
Hillary Clinton has been in the news a great deal lately, partly because of the launch of her new book,…
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Is Common Core Out of Florida?
The state of Florida is the next state to dump the Common Core State Standards with the controversial standards being…
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Florida Rep. Corrine Brown…Um…
In a hearing about the Phoenix veterans’ healthcare waiting lists, Florida Representative Corrine Brown makes it clear that there are…
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Common Core is Developmentally Inappropriate
One of the things we learned as we homeschooled our four children is that kids don’t learn according to any…
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Statistical Frauds According to Thomas Sowell
Just in case you missed it, Thomas Sowell wrote an excellent article last week (Statistical Frauds) about the so-called disparity…
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Bureau of Land Management Brokers Deal at Bundy Ranch
Amid rumors of militias moving in, no-fly zones, and legal weapons being confiscated from law-abiding citizens, KLAS Las Vegas is…
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The Feds, Nevada’s Bundy Ranch & Tortoises
In the movies it’s ranchers against ranchers, cattlemen against sheepherders…in today’s real world, it’s the ranchers and the cattlemen against…
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