3 states still ban religious clothing for teachers (Associated Press)
EXCERPT: PORTLAND, Ore. – A law backed by the Ku Klux Klan nearly a century ago to keep Catholics out of public schools is…
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Category: Education
September 2009
Religion in Public Schools: Academic, Not Devotional (J. Brent Walker – Washington Post)
EXCERPT: The Texas Board of Education, the nation’s second largest purchaser of public school textbooks, is revising its K-12 social studies curriculum and deciding…
March 2009
Dayton Tennessee Christian School Sued by U.S. Department of Labor (ASINet)
Last year an injunction was brought against the Laurelbrook School by the US Department of Labor. It alleged that Laurelbrook's vocational program was in…
Emotion, misunderstanding mark religion-in-school cases (The Tennessean)
Most people have a mistaken understanding of what the First Amendment means, says Charles Haynes, a senior scholar at the First Amendment Center. "People…
January 2009
Illinois law requiring moment of silence in public schools ruled unconstitutional
The court upheld the principle that students have a constitutional right to pray on their own at any time and that the government or…
December 2008
Weekend Inspiration: Bill Hybels Interviews Bono
Bill Hybels of Willowcreek interviews Bono, lead singer of U2, about how churches should respond to the AIDS crisis in Africa.
Fifteen years later, home-school parents say legal battle was worth it
By Lorie A. Shane - Michigan Education Report - Chris DeJonge was in her second week of homeschooling when the knock on the door…
August 2008
Why Communities Must Support Public Education
By Danielle Peabody - "If society expects to reap the benefits of educational improvements, society needs to be willing to step in and contribute…
California Court Reverses Itself and Says Homeschooling Parents Do Not Need Credentials
This overturned the decision the judges made in February requiring homeschooling parents to possess credentials. In their decision, they stated, "It is important to…
June 2008
Take Money, Lose Faith – Seven Catholic Schools turned into public schools in Washington DC (Maryland Daily Record)
Charles C. Haynes points out the trap that religious schools can fall into if they decide to take government money. For those of you…