White Evangelicals Want to Destroy the Public Schools
Katherine Stewart’s new book The Power Worshippers describes the hostility of evangelical Christians to public schools. I reviewed her book along with two others in...
Category : Separation of church and state
Bruce D. Baker: Time to Tax Churches!
Bruce D. Baker is a school finance expert at Rutgers University. He writes here that the changing legal status of religious schools opens the door...
New Hampshire Set to Approve Vouchers
Despite public hearings in which a huge majority of citizens showed up online to oppose vouchers, the New Hampshire Senate Finance Committee approved voucher legislation....
Ohio: Voucher Students Are Not Required to Take State Exams
Apparently, the voucher schools were embarrassed by the Ohio study showing that kids who use vouchers lose ground academically. There were two ways to respond...
Idaho: Vouchers Violate the State Constitution
Two prominent Idaho citizens, Jim Jones and Rod Gramer, warned that proposed voucher legislation violates the clear language of the Idaho state constitution and threatens...
Kentucky: Legislature Passes Voucher Bill
The Kentucky legislature, controlled by Republicans, passed voucher legislation. The Governor, Democrat Andy Bashear, seems certain to veto it. Linda Blackford of the Lexington Herald-Leader...
Great News: Vouchers Blocked Again in Texas!
Last week, we celebrated the victory of your tireless advocacy for public education funding for our children when we announced Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to...
David Berliner: Why Religious Schools Should Never Receive a Dollar of Public Funding
Since the 2020 election, when Republicans won many seats in state legislatures, there has been an explosion of proposed voucher laws, to allow people to...
Learn About Litigating Against Vouchers
REGISTER NOW FOR 2/24 WEBINAR: Litigating Against Private School Vouchers Join Education Law Center and Public Funds Public Schools on Wednesday, February 24, from 3:00-4:30 p.m. EST for a webinar, “Litigating Against...
New York City: Andrew Yang Panders to Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Community
Politicians in New York City and New York State eagerly seek the endorsement of the ultra-orthodox Hasidic community because it tends to vote as a...