In 1986, I enrolled my oldest daughter in the same public school that my husband and I had attended.  I knew from my experience in public education that there were problems, but I was hopeful that, with our participation in her schooling, she would be fine.  During the next few years, I went from being...

I was picking tomatoes on our small farm in north-central Kentucky when I heard the news of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.  It took me some time before I understood that what Bob Edwards of National Public Radio was talking about was not a book or movie.  I...