https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to public schools and religion en https://religiondispatches.org/2025/04/18/fight-against-right-wing-appalachian-school-choice-politics-fight-democracy-and-future This article first appeared in the Winter/Spring 2025 issue of our sibling publication, The Public Eye—a quarterly magazine for analysis and commentary on the US and Global Right. In October 2024, a flyer appeared in the mailboxes of Kentucky residents… Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:53:46 EDT Mary Reynolds, Carol Mason fd441d96-b26c-4e9b-a955-2f3fec583090 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/03/03/dont-laugh-rick-scotts-plan-rescue-america-or-be-fooled-reports-backlash-his-only On Tuesday, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) unveiled what he modestly calls “An 11 Point Plan To Rescue America ,” his policy platform proposal should the GOP retake the Senate in the November midterms. “I’ll warn you; this plan is not… Thu, 03 Mar 2022 03:10:03 EST Annika Brockschmidt 75129a91-02e1-4abf-ad72-7f5e135a04c9 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/11/19/despite-reversal-hillary-and-hellen-keller-christian-americanist-bias-remains-texas 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. Mon, 19 Nov 2018 03:18:18 EST David R. Brockman ed4df9f7-26b4-422c-a675-ec6102e1e86a https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/06/dutch-treat-betsy-devos-and-christian-schools-movement Perhaps Betsy DeVos can be forgiven for imagining that America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were “real pioneers when it comes to school choice.” I mean, she wasn’t there in the middle of the 19th century, so how could… Mon, 06 Mar 2017 04:24:19 EST Peter Laarman 15835578-eb84-461e-bcba-b85cfe4df4cd https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/13/if-modestos-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 school district in the country with a mandatory course in world religions? First they wonder aloud whether or not it is even legal to teach… Fri, 13 Nov 2015 05:28:51 EST Jonathan Homrighausen 37a25080-e669-448d-98a4-d068bde5fa83 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/09/back-school-first-public-school-country-require-world-religions-course Could a course prevent public schools from becoming battlefields? Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:02:42 EDT Joseph Laycock b040ea37-ad8f-4817-9be6-dd999215ece1 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/08/its-not-inappropriate-public-school-teacher-tell-class-obama-isnt-christian Last week a story broke about a middle-school teacher in Dublin, Georgia, sharing an “inappropriate opinion” in the classroom. Nancy Perry allegedly told her students that President Obama is not a Christian and that if their parents voted for him… Wed, 08 Apr 2015 02:28:42 EDT Joseph Laycock 5e0d327b-eaf8-49df-a54b-977ebeae8ccd https://religiondispatches.org/2014/09/02/was-student-who-claims-she-was-suspended-saying-bless-you-mimicking-gods-not-dead Because why would anyone want to be an ordinary student when they could be a hero of Biblical proportions? Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:20:47 EDT Joseph Laycock 19de919e-0134-4e2d-8273-4482a0671624 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/11/25/hobby-lobby-contraception-supreme-court-and-bible Is rewriting the rules on religious freedom in the works? Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:59:58 EST Sarah Posner a30445ea-f181-4ae3-8816-15b4dc50bd8f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/no-more-religious-groups-nyc-schools-wheres-hipster-church-go How about theaters, bars, coffee shops… Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:14:48 EDT Nicole Greenfield 6bc303aa-2cf8-4a6b-a659-45e84522f298 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/02/03/one-eight-biology-teachers-creationists Majority avoid teaching evolution. Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:16:15 EST Lauri Lebo a3b071fc-dd14-4381-b613-dd07077251f6