education
Florida considers allowing volunteer chaplains in public schools
By Brendan Farrington — February 7, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The only requirements of a chaplain participating in a school program would be a background check and having their name and religious affiliation listed on the school website.
Oct. 7 reveals the flaws in Jewish education
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 14, 2023
(RNS) — Can young Jews respond to the anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses?
Florida’s new curriculum echoes the paternalist theology of the Lost Cause
By Elizabeth Jemison — August 28, 2023
(RNS) — The doctrine that touts slavery's 'benefits' for its victims was once used to sanctify segregation.
Vice President Harris critiques Florida’s slavery view at AME churchwomen’s meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — August 1, 2023
(RNS) — Harris said she felt ‘at home’ among the African Methodist Episcopal Church members as she recalled her own Christian upbringing in Oakland, California.
How an upstart conservative group is taking Christian nationalist politics local
By Jack Jenkins — July 12, 2023
(RNS) — Meet the group critics call ‘Moms for Liberty in suits.’
Juneteenth isn’t about the past. It’s about our future.
By David Anderson — June 16, 2023
(RNS) — We can’t just remember the evils of our past.
Plans for religious charter school, though rejected for now, are already pushing church-state debates into new territory
By Charles J. Russo — April 18, 2023
(The Conversation) — Using public funds to support students at private religious schools is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.
Taliban will be the losers for denying women an education
By Daisy Khan — December 22, 2022
(RNS) — The Prophet Muhammad called the pursuit of knowledge ‘obligatory for every Muslim.’
Education Secretary Cardona: ‘If it weren’t for my faith, I wouldn’t be here’
By Jack Jenkins — December 21, 2022
(RNS) — A sign on Cardona’s desk reads “Let your faith be bigger than your fear.”
Does education ‘cure’ people of faith? The data says no
By Ryan Burge — November 10, 2022
(RNS) — Despite a long-standing biased assumption among many that the uneducated cling to religion, studies show people with higher degrees are most likely to be religious.
The Hasidic educational standard should meet the old Amish one
By Mark Silk — September 30, 2022
(RNS) — Rather than the current Supreme Court's.
Holding Hasidic schools to account
By Mark Silk — September 25, 2022
(RNS) — The current Supreme Court, where a new New York law is likely to end up, isn't prone to do so.
Orphanages are a ticket to education for many. Here’s why we need to change this.
By Laura Horvath — September 16, 2022
(RNS) — The education we offer is often the reason children end up in orphanages.
The scandal of Hasidic education — a cry from the heart
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 13, 2022
(RNS) — We are reeling from the report on Hasidic education. We needed to hear about this and we need to help repair it.
State funds for students at religious schools? Supreme Court says ‘yes’ in Maine case – but consequences could go beyond
By Charles J. Russo — June 22, 2022
(The Conversation) — Once again, the court has expanded the legal ways that public funds can be used for students at religious institutions.
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