On the eve of the 203rd anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday, lawmakers in at least four states are taking steps to hinder the teaching of evolution in public schools, while other bills would do the same without naming evolution outright.
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Vanderbilt University is holding a campus meeting Tuesday night over its requirement that Christian student groups comply with its non-discrimination policy.
Continue reading Vanderbilt University Discrimination Rule Under Review.
Indiana legislators are moving forward on a bill that would allow creationism to be taught alongside other theories in the state's public school system.
The South Dakota House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a resolution supporting and encouraging the "academic study of the Bible in South Dakota public schools."
Continue reading South Dakota House Approves Bible Study In Public Schools.
Arizona's public and charter high-school students could soon earn credit for learning about the influence of the Old Testament on art or how biblical references are found throughout literature.
Continue reading Bible Study May Soon Be Available in Arizona High School Classrooms.
Aleeza Adelman teaches Jewish studies at a Jewish school, yet she considers herself a teacher whose subject is religion, not a religious teacher. She's rethinking how to define her job after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling left her wondering what could happen if she ever needed to defend her right to keep it.
Ginger Strivelli and daughter Sybilsue (FOX News)
A pagan mother's challenge to the distribution of donated Bibles at a local school has prompted the Buncombe County Board of Education to reevaluate its policies regarding religious texts.
A business management course was withdrawn from the ISU spring schedule after professors objected.
A federal judge has ordered the immediate removal of a Christian prayer mural displayed in the auditorium of a Rhode Island high school, saying it violated a U.S. constitutional ban on state-sponsored prayer in public schools.
Continue reading Judge Orders Christian Prayer Mural to Be Removed at Rhode Island School.
Young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts and, by the end of fifth grade, know that sexual orientation is "the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the same gender or a different gender," according to new sexual education guidelines released Monday by a coalition of health and education groups.
Continue reading New Sexual Education Guidelines Released.
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