The Fight Against Right-Wing Appalachian ‘School Choice’ Politics Is a Fight for Democracy and the Future of American Education
In October 2024, a flyer appeared in the mailboxes of Kentucky residents, promoting an amendment…
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Don’t Laugh at Rick Scott’s ‘Plan to Rescue America’ or Be Fooled by Reports of a ‘Backlash’ — His Only Mistake Was Revealing the Truth of Today’s GOP
On Tuesday, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) unveiled what he modestly calls “An 11 Point Plan…
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Despite Reversal on Hillary and Hellen Keller, ‘Christian Americanist’ Bias Remains in Texas Curriculum
This year’s streamlining process managed to nudge the standards in the direction of less biased coverage of the world’s religions, but much work remains if Texas students are to receive balanced instruction.
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Dutch Treat: Betsy DeVos and the Christian Schools Movement
Perhaps Betsy DeVos can be forgiven for imagining that America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities…
Read MoreIf Modesto’s Public Schools Can Teach World Religions, It Can Happen Anywhere
I like to give my friends a pop quiz: what is the only public high…
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Back to School at The First Public School In the Country To Require a World Religions Course
Could a course prevent public schools from becoming battlefields?
Read MoreIt’s Not “Inappropriate” for Public School Teacher to Tell Class that Obama Isn’t Christian
Last week a story broke about a middle-school teacher in Dublin, Georgia, sharing an “inappropriate…
Read MoreWas Student Who Claims She Was Suspended For Saying, “Bless You” Mimicking God’s Not Dead?
Because why would anyone want to be an ordinary student when they could be a hero of Biblical proportions?
Read MoreHobby Lobby, Contraception, the Supreme Court, and the Bible
Is rewriting the rules on religious freedom in the works?
Read MoreNo More Religious Groups in NYC schools—Where’s a Hipster Church to Go?
How about theaters, bars, coffee shops…
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