Supreme Court: Winn Preview

Education Week profiles upcoming Supreme Court cases, including a look at Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn , which deals with the issue of tax credits going to religious schools. Could it end up having a big impact?  Douglas...

Americans Could Use Church-State Education

A new Pew Forum poll quizzed Americans on religious knowledge, including a few questions about church-state rules.The good news is that 89% correctly say that teachers are not allowed to lead students in prayer, but on other religion in school issues most are mistaken...

Pulpit Sunday Scheme Grows, IRS Paying Attention

ABC News reports that 100 churches across the entire country participated in Sunday's Pulpit Initiative, in which ministers endorse political candidates from the pulpit in violation of IRS tax code regulating tax-exempt organizations. That number is an increase...

Fort Bragg to Host Christian Outreach Event

Fort Bragg, a US Army installation in North Carolina, will play host today to a evangelical outreach concert event for the entire surrounding community. Some are crying foul: Americans United for Separation of Church and State said the "Rock the Fort" event,...

Texas Education Board Adopts Controversial Textbook Resolution

Come to think of it, when was the last time the Texas Education Board did something *not* controversial? This time, it's a resolution asserting that recent textbooks in social studies and history have been biased toward the Muslim faith, at the expense of...

Tennessee Pastors to Challenge IRS

Today's Tennessean reports that 7 ministers across the state plan to flaunt the IRS prohibition against electioneering from the pulpit, in response to ADF's search for potential plaintiffs as part of its Pulpit Sunday plan. These pastors, of course, risk their...