Should the President Promote Religious Literacy in Schools?

An editorial in this morning's USA Today by William Mattox argues that President Obama needs to hold a summit encouraging the country to address a growing educational calamity: not enough Bible-based education in school. Hopefully, Texas and other states can...

Idaho Commission Derails Bible as Textbook in Charter School

The Nampa Classical Academy, a charter school in Idaho, planned to open the school year next month with an elective course using the Bible as a textbook. But a commission charged with overseeing the state's charter schools has written a directive disallowing this...

Religious Groups On Campus Gain Funding Access

The Alliance Defense Fund continues to have success in gaining official recognition for student groups at public universities, where that status has been denied for some reason related to a religion-based policy or viewpoint of the organization. Yesterday, Wayne State...

Is the Faith-Based Funding Initiative Now an Accepted Reality?

That seems to be the question underneath the Pew Forum's new study showing that President Obama's re-introduction of the Faith-Based Office has received far less press coverage than President Bush's original program 8 years ago, when significant questions...

Easier Said Than Done…

The new head of a Hebrew charter school in Brooklyn, NY is assuring critics she knows how to operate Yeshiva Rambam in keeping with the principles of church-state separation. From the Forward: As for whether [Maureen Campbell] felt worried about the line between...