As the Trump administration moves to loosen Washington's grip on K-12 education, Illinois Democrats are pushing a bill that would criminalize homeschooling parents and bring private schools under state control.
Read moreI joined Miriam Shaw on the Moms on a Mission podcast to discuss my journalism career, the state of the Fourth Estate, and why classical-Christian education matters more than ever.
Read moreAfter thirty years in Chicagoland, our family left — driven by soaring crime, anti-family policies, and a state that seems intent on making things worse.
Read moreA disappointing experience with our public school led us to classical-Christian education, where grammar, logic, and rhetoric shape our children's minds — and their faith anchors the whole endeavor.
Read moreChicago is my home — not because I was born here, but because it shaped me. At Christmastime, the city glows at least five times brighter, and there is no place I would rather be.
Read moreI walked 39.3 miles through Chicago in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer — pushing back, for the first time physically, against the disease that stole my mom.
Read moreOn my son's third birthday, I returned to the Chicago neighborhood where he was born and reflected on how motherhood dismantled my old life — and slowly built a new one.
Read moreA day of field reporting reminded me how much I love journalism — and revealed that the skills of chasing a story aren't so different from the work of raising children.
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