The Supreme Court today has agreed to take up the case challenging the Arizona Tuition Tax Credit. The 9th Circuit previously declared the program to be an unconstitutional advancement of religion. The program offers a new twist on the old voucher schemes: a $500 tax...
Texas Education Board member Lawrence Allen on the Social Studies curriculum revision process. Thanks to TFN: Sometimes I think I must be the dumb one at the table. Other folks here seem to think they know everything….I don’t think we should sit here and...
Most of the notable church-state curriculum debates were put off until today in the Texas Board of Education's meeting to revise Social Studies standards. Yesterday did see the successful addition of Wisconsin v. Yoder to the list of Supreme Court cases students...
Church-State watchdog Americans United is calling out Los Angeles' Oasis Church for advocating on behalf of a local candidate using its official web site and Twitter accounts. From AU's press release: “Oasis Church’s appeals might have been...
A federal judge in Idaho has ruled against the Nampa Classical Academy in its efforts to teach the Bible as a primary text in its curriculum. Nampa is a charter school – privately run but publicly funded – that filed suit after the state's education...
