A new study from the Center on Education Policy looks at 10 years of data, concluding that despite the claims of advocates, school voucher programs have not had a positive impact on student achievement. As a result, proponents have had to shift their rationale: With...
American Atheists has filed a lawsuit to prevent the World Trade Center cross from being included in a September 11 memorial in New York. The memorial will be funded by the government and run by the Port Authority, according to the complaint. The lawsuit names many...
Hardly anyone seems to want a school voucher system in New Jersey, but an opportunity scholarship plan continues to have life. Sharon Krengel of the Education Law Center explains: Strong pushback against vouchers last winter from public school parents and advocates...
Via Religion Clause, the EEOC has announced a lawsuit in Florida challenging a nursing home's refusal to continue accommodating a Seventh-Day Adventist's Sabbath requirements. A new policy at the Menorah House requires all employees to work on Saturdays....
A dispute that seemed sure to boil over in controversy instead went out with a whimper as the Texas Education Board agreed to a new set of supplementary materials for the Biology curriculum. Many watchers expected more of a fight for material that questioned evolution...
