education

Despite these publicly marked divides, the field of religion and science cannot easily be described by sticking a “vs.” between the two words. Rather than an ideological battle in which, as Hawking states, one side of the ring will “win” over the other, for some, the question is about how the two sides might work together.

Winners and losers: that’s what we’re left with in the winner-take-all society. No one is suggesting that U.S. public education is not in need of serious research-based innovation; the question is whether staging a race by dangling $3.6 billion dollars over the heads of freaked-out and desperate state and local school authorities is the way to go.

The latest way to cheat both the poor and the taxpayer…

Teacher accused of using Tesla coil to burn a cross into the arm of a student.

Christian nationalists are using new tactics to mould public education curriculum to further their Christian agenda.

It takes a whole lot of creativity to keep the doors open these days.

Bizarre rumblings from the right about SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan remind us that religion, politics, and sexuality are an inharmonious blend. Add education (think lesbian teachers) and you get full-on cacophony.

The judge issues a mixed bag of early rulings leaving most of the larger issues to a jury.

When their son Zachary came home from science class with a cross burned on his forearm It was not the religion that bothered his parents, but the injury to their child. They sued, and brought science v. creationism back into the courts for another round.

On yearning for a world where taxes go to pay for education, for equal rights, and for leveling the playing field. Taxes for justice? How incredibly radical.