Zombie School Voucher Plan in New Jersey Remains a Threat

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...

EEOC Supports Seventh-Day Adventist in Discrimination Suit

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....

Texas Board OKs Biology Materials

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...

Texas Education Board Considers New Science Curriculum Materials

When last we heard from the Texas Board of Education they were overhauling the Social Studies curriculum, a painful-to-watch process that included efforts to diminish the role of Thomas Jefferson in America's founding, and to question the constitutional doctrine...