Texas: What Do Masks, Books, CRT, and Transgender Rights Have in Common?
Since this post was written in Texas by a Texan, you may have a clue about what these diverse phenomena have in common: They are...
Category : Separation of church and state
WSJ: The Libertarian View of Public Schools
The Wall Street Journal recently published a screed against the very existence of public schools, written by a libertarian lawyer. Imagine teaching in a school...
Peter Greene: What Is the Christian Educators Association?
Peter Greene notes that 2021 has been a year of attacks on public education, and he introduces us to an organization that is a little-known...
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...
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...