The Fordham Institute, a highly respected conservative think tank centered on education, ripped Texas' new social studies standards for, among other things, neglecting church-state separation, in a new report. In a report being released today, the Thomas B....
In lengthy hearings today, the Indiana House Education Committee considered a bill that would institute a state-wide school voucher program, sending taxpayer dollars to private schools, including religious schools. House Bill 1003 would create a system that uses a...
Two Tennessee public school teachers, who lost their jobs when their alternative school was closed and responsibilities outsourced to a private religious instituion, have the right to sue Jefferson County officials, over the public funding of religion, according to a...
In the last issue of Report From the Capital, BJC Director Brent Walker tackled the Top 5 Myths About Church-State Separation. If you missed it, here they are: Myth #1: We don't have separation of church and state in America because those words are...
A panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case of high school history teacher James Corbett, who was found to have violated a student's religious freedom rights by offering derogatory opinions about religion in class. At issue in the...
Apropos of today's news from Egypt, and in a spirit of hope for a free and peaceful future, Anne Alexander of BBCNews reports on the beautiful sight of Egyptian Christians and Muslims joining hands, literally and figuratively, in protest against oppression. During...
