How does he decide «objectively» whether
religious education in state - supported schools should be required, made optional or prohibited?
Not exact matches
The first public
education law
in the United
States was the «Old Deluder Satin Act» often now referred to as the «Old Deluder Act» to make it sound less «
religious» and theyby reduce the influence of Christianity
in the establishment of the United
States.
«A study
in the United
States, published
in the Social Forces journal and conducted by Sociology researcher Lisa A. Keister while she was at the Ohio
State University, found that adherents of Judaism attained the most wealth, believers of Catholicism and mainline Protestants were
in the middle, while conservative Protestants accu - mulated the least wealth, while
in general people who attend
religious services achieved more wealth than those who do not (taking into account variations of
education and other factors).
One of the more promising innovations
in state - level
education policy has been the establishment of programs that encourage privately - funded scholarships for students attending private and
religious elementary and secondary schools.
Yet the draft describes wide - ranging protections, saying, «Persons and organizations do not forfeit their
religious freedom when providing social services,
education, or healthcare; earning a living, seeking a job, or employing others; receiving government grants or contracts; or otherwise participating
in the marketplace, the public square, or interfacing with federal,
state, or local governments.»
These Catholic claims prompted
state constitutional amendments nationwide dictating that public funds for
education could not be controlled by «any
religious sect,» language carefully chosen to halt the Catholic drive while preserving public school instruction
in nonsectarian Protestantism.
The judge issued a detailed injunction that prohibits the governor, the attorney general, the
state board of
education, and everyone else from permitting
religious activity
in classrooms, including vocal prayer, readings of the Bible, devotional discussions, and distribution of
religious materials.
ok i've decided — after soul searching and observing my and other's reactions to these
religious blog news on CNN learning more about religion from this alone and about the mideast than from anywhere else
in my USA educated life i need to be more tolerant of others having
religious based governments THAT is what is confusing me — that religion are governments are not seperated that is hard for much of USA population to understand perhaps it is for me i think you would have to actually live
in a society like the mideast to truly understand it i mean — actually be part of the society the
religious part is truly offputting — since most
in USA seperate church and
state like — church is for faith and imagination and celebration and family and community involvement and
state is for protection and
education and health and infrastructure, etc., for all it is hard to be serious about religion — when the serious side of society is
state it is hard to see religion being the serious side of enforcement — and the
state enforcing the faith based side of society egad — doesn't god get lost
in all that?
Much as the Study of Theological
Education in the United
States and Canada, directed by H. Richard Niebuhr
in the 1950s, became an influential inquiry into the nature of the church and its ministry, so the Danforth study, ostensibly of campus ministries, became an important resource for exploring the necessary relation of
religious faith, social ethics and public - policy formulation.
The drafters of this new law,
in pursuit of a democratic outcome, concluded that the
state should promote freedom of choice
in education, including prominently the choice of
religious schools.
The context
in which theological
education is going on is the baffling pluralism of Protestant
religious life
in the United
States and Canada.
Religious Education with a Catholic syllabus is encouraged — if material
in a Catholic school is useless or worse, it is the fault of the Church authorities and not that of the
State.
Since higher
education was usually thought of as a
religious enterprise as well as a public service, it seemed natural for church and
state to work hand
in hand, even after the formal disestablishment of the churches.
In Louisiana, for example, massive
state aid to
religious education is a way of life.
In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
In describing and accounting for the lives of the
Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church a
Religious Right, which we define simply as
religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church a
religious conservatives with a considerable involvement
in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes
in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham
in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat
in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in 1964; a battle over sex
education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in Anaheim, California,
in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks
in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in West Virginia
in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently
in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency
in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the
Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church a
Religious Right has had
in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and stat
in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and
state.
In a statement seen by The Telegraph, a diocese spokesman said: «To maintain the clear Catholic character of Catholic schools the Bishops of England and Wales have
stated that the posts of head teacher, deputy head teacher and head of
religious education are to be filled by baptised and practising Catholics.»
Meanwhile, the Republican Party has
in recent decades become the champion of the Church's public priorities — the protection of innocent human life, parental choice
in education, the defense of marriage, church -
state cooperation, and an array of issues under the rubric of
religious freedom.
Robinson,
in his study of the audience of
religious programs
in seven cities
in the United
States in 1964, found that the lowest levels of formal
education were much more likely to listen to or view
religious programs regularly.
Despite the takeover of
education by the
state in the United
States, its
religious purpose was only partially obscured.
As White expressed it, the potential for impermissible fostering of religion
in secular classrooms — an untested, assumption of the court, so far as he was concerned — paradoxically rendered unacceptable the
state's efforts to ensure that secular teachers under
religious discipline would successfully avoid conflicts between the
religious mission of the school and the secular purpose of the
state's
education program.
They created a ruling institution for purposes of war and government which was based on the division of the empire into military fiefs; a chancery for the preparation of
state documents and communication throughout the empire; and a
religious institution which,
in addition to maintaining the legal and cult services, was expected through the control of
education to be an instrument of social cohesion.
Concealed by the wider process of «academisation» of
state schools
in England is the biggest surge of
religious influence
in our
education system
in a generation
Okanlawon said, «As a
religious body that had promoted
education over the decades, we must not fail to remind ourselves of the critical need to join hands with the present administration of Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola,
in its manifest mission to transform
education in the
state.
Stakeholders
in Osun, including
religious organisations have been urged to support the Rauf Aregbesola administration
in its bid to fully overhaul the
education sector
in the
state.
«The secretary of
state acknowledges that clauses 2.43 and 2.44 of the Funding Agreement, and clauses 23E and 23G above do not prevent discussion of beliefs about the origins of the Earth and living things, such as creationism,
in Religious Education, as long as it is not presented as a valid alternative to established scientific theory.»
In a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious school
In a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of
State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for
Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of
State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening
in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious school
in a High Court case over inclusive admissions
in religious school
in religious schools.
The policy also calls for all
state schools to teach impartial
education about
religious and non-
religious worldviews that is inspected by Ofsted, for much stricter limits on
religious discrimination
in «faith» school employment, and for the current legal requirement for schools to hold daily acts of collective worship to be repealed.
Labour is calling for cross-party talks on how
religious education is conducted and monitored
in the
state sector as a special poll for the Observer shows widespread concerns about the use of taxpayers» money to fund faith schools
in a multicultural Britain.
If a school official
in the
state of New York is aware of a pattern of racial or religious discrimination or harassment that state official is under an affirmative duty to notify the State Education Department and the police, or that state official is no longer a state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we per
state of New York is aware of a pattern of racial or
religious discrimination or harassment that
state official is under an affirmative duty to notify the State Education Department and the police, or that state official is no longer a state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we per
state official is under an affirmative duty to notify the
State Education Department and the police, or that state official is no longer a state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we per
State Education Department and the police, or that
state official is no longer a state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we per
state official is no longer a
state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we per
state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we perform.
A number of
religious - based private schools
in the Hudson Valley are facing
state scrutiny over accusations that they're failing to provide children with basic
education.
This number has grown
in recent years as successive governments have increased the influence of
religious groups
in the
state - funded
education system.
In U.S. history, the two most notable efforts to develop
religious communities that served much of the role of the welfare
state to its members that most developed countries provided through government to its citizens, have been the Roman Catholic Church, which has developed a large parallel
education and health care system, and the Church of the Latter Day Saints, which uses tithes to finance a wide variety of services and economic supports for members of the Mormon community.
Private schools were also given $ 2 million last year to support the
state Office of
Religious and Independent Schools
in the
state Education Department.
Responding to a question on the need to tackle extremism
in schools, the
Education Minister
stated that schools
in Wales needed to «rise to the challenge of community cohesion», and the transformation of
Religious Education (RE) was an important means of achieving this.
In the coming months, the city and
state education departments are expected to rule on an issue that may have huge repercussions for parental school choice and
religious freedom.
The grand total of
education spending
in our
state is $ 58 billion per year, of which
religious and independent schools receive about 1 percent.
U.S. Secretary of
Education Betsy DeVos railed against
state constitutional prohibitions on public funds going to
religious institutions
in a speech to the Alfred E. Smith...
Regarding teaching
religious education, surely,
in faith based schools teachers are likely to actually expected to teach more than the time
stated and that this time is part of the dedicated espoused mission of the school.
Avis Glaze, former superintendent of the Ontario
education system, correctly observed that Canada does not have charter schools, but others mentioned that the large number of
religious schools that are both government - funded and subject to
state regulation give Canadians even more choice than exists
in the United
States.
But the proposed amendment, which has been heavily debated
in the last two legislative sessions, is likely to encounter strong opposition from a coalition of
religious and
education groups that are concerned that such a law would seriously threaten the
state's public schools.
We tested a total of roughly 3,000 students
in each setting
in English and mathematics;
in state languages
in India and Kenya;
religious and moral
education in Ghana; and social studies
in Nigeria.
He added the February announcement regarding the new GCSE had included the assertion that it would «fulfil the entirety of the
state's [
religious education] duties» and schools would interpret this to mean non-
religious views need not be included
in teaching.
In a Show - Me Institute poll released in May 2007, 67 percent of Missouri voters and 77 percent of African Americans said they favored a law that would «give individuals and businesses a credit on either their property or state income taxes for contributions they make to education scholarships that help parents send their children to a school of their choice, including public, private, and religious schools.&raqu
In a Show - Me Institute poll released
in May 2007, 67 percent of Missouri voters and 77 percent of African Americans said they favored a law that would «give individuals and businesses a credit on either their property or state income taxes for contributions they make to education scholarships that help parents send their children to a school of their choice, including public, private, and religious schools.&raqu
in May 2007, 67 percent of Missouri voters and 77 percent of African Americans said they favored a law that would «give individuals and businesses a credit on either their property or
state income taxes for contributions they make to
education scholarships that help parents send their children to a school of their choice, including public, private, and
religious schools.»
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with Americans United for Separation of Church and
State, sued, citing a host of constitutional offenses, including violating the ban on support for private schools and churches (the state's Blaine Amendment), the ban on religious tests, the guarantee of religious freedom, the uniformity requirement in the education clause, the prohibition on support for private institutions, and, for good measure, the guarantee of local con
State, sued, citing a host of constitutional offenses, including violating the ban on support for private schools and churches (the
state's Blaine Amendment), the ban on religious tests, the guarantee of religious freedom, the uniformity requirement in the education clause, the prohibition on support for private institutions, and, for good measure, the guarantee of local con
state's Blaine Amendment), the ban on
religious tests, the guarantee of
religious freedom, the uniformity requirement
in the
education clause, the prohibition on support for private institutions, and, for good measure, the guarantee of local control.
Critics on the right, meanwhile, worry such a plan would increase the federal role
in education and pressure
states to standardize
state tax credit programs, many of which now allow nonprofit groups to prioritize a particular type of school, such as those of particular
religious denominations, for instance.
The Western Australian legislation,
in addition to
stating that
state schools must not promote «any particular
religious practice, denomination or sect», does allow schools to teach «general
religious education».
Milton Freidman's approach, vouchers, preceded charter schools and were seen as a more immediate and dangerous threat since vouchers potentially mobilized the entire private /
religious school sector
in the service of
education reform
in an entire
state.
In a twist in the legal battle over school choice, two college students seeking education credentials sued the state of Washington last week for the right to complete their student - teaching requirements at private religious school
In a twist
in the legal battle over school choice, two college students seeking education credentials sued the state of Washington last week for the right to complete their student - teaching requirements at private religious school
in the legal battle over school choice, two college students seeking
education credentials sued the
state of Washington last week for the right to complete their student - teaching requirements at private
religious schools.
But he added
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan had erred in announcing the new course in February by asserting that it would «fulfil the entirety of the state's [religious education] dutie
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan had erred
in announcing the new course
in February by asserting that it would «fulfil the entirety of the
state's [
religious education] dutie
education] duties».
32 The New Hampshire Supreme Court likewise rejected the standing of petitioners challenging the
state's scholarship tax credit law, ruling that they could not demonstrate any harm.33 The following year, citing the decisions
in Arizona and New Hampshire, the Alabama Supreme Court also held that a «tax credit to a parent or a corporation... can not be construed as an «appropriation»» but rather such funds retain their status as private funds until they enter the public treasury.34 That view seems to be the prevailing one
in courts, so with the possible exception of Michigan, where the
state constitution explicitly prohibits tax benefits for
religious education, tax credits should survive scrutiny under such provisions.