Five years ago, Kathleen O’Toole took the helm of what was then a brand-new Barney Charter School in Texas: Founders Classical Academy of Leander. Having received her doctoral degree and taught politics for a short time at Morehead State University, she agreed to run the school, with more than 400 children enrolling in the first...
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Former Hillsdale professor assists in crafting South Dakota free speech law
Earlier this year, the University of South Dakota School of Law forced a group of students to change the name of its “Hawaiian Day” social to “Beach Day,” citing a complaint about cultural insensitivity. Shortly after, the state passed a new free speech bill — the first of its kind in the nation — that...
City of Hillsdale turns 150: moments in our history
While log cabin schoolhouses and railroad roundhouses may be a thing of the past, they contributed greatly to making Hillsdale — 150 years after becoming a city – what it is today. Hillsdale received its charter in April of 1869, but before that, it was frontier country. According to pioneer William Kirby in “150 Years...
‘You’ve got to know yourself’: Bushey sews quilts to self-examine, find inspiration
For Chairwoman of Art Barbara Bushey, a daily outfit can be a work of art. “The fall of 2017 was a bad semester, and I wasn’t able to get much art done,” she said. “The only creative thing I could do was get dressed in the morning.” So she decided to take pictures of her...
Castaldo to Protestant students: Engage Catholic friends with ‘grace and truth’
For Pastor Chris Castaldo — a former Roman Catholic — constructive engagement and sympathetic discourse across Reformation lines has been a longtime endeavor. Castaldo, who hails from New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois, opened his Feb. 21 lecture at College Baptist Church by inquiring how many in the audience came from a Roman Catholic background....