Mich. School Board to Vote on Bible Class
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A yearlong dispute over whether to add a religious group's Bible class at small-town Frankenmuth High School in rural Michigan comes to a head at Monday's school board meeting.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kansas  - For the fourth time in eight years, the Kansas Board of Education is preparing to take up the issue of evolution and what to teach -- or not teach -- public school students about the origins of life.
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The House, citing the nation's religious origins, voted Wednesday to protect the Pledge of Allegiance from federal judges who might try to stop schoolchildren and others from reciting it because of the phrase "under God."
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By Josh Richman  SAN FRANCISCO -- A long legal battle over a proposed Christian school near Castro Valley finally went to trial Monday, with a 10- person jury ready to decide whether the situation is a civil-rights violation or sound suburban planning.
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By James Fuller Daily Herald Staff Writer  Hubble Middle School in Wheaton is not one of the 10 most endangered historic places in Illinois for 2007, but it might earn a future listing as the building's fate heads to a referendum in 2008.
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By David Crumm, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 18--Hundreds of churches across Michigan are joining forces today with moviemakers and social activists around the world to build political momentum for a campaign to end the ancient practice of slavery.
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By Tiffany Erickson and Bob Bernick Jr. Deseret Morning News  The November referendum vote is going to be clear: Do you want vouchers? Yes or no.
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By Melissa M. Scallan, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 12--GULFPORT -- The state College Board this week could vote on a site for an additional campus for the University of Southern Mississippi.
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A charter school may resume teaching in Hebrew, three weeks after the lessons were halted over concerns the Jewish faith was seeping into public classrooms, the school board voted Tuesday.
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BALTIMORE, Oct. 31 -- A divided Maryland State Board of Education approved a plan Wednesday that would allow students struggling to pass a set of state tests required to earn a high school diploma to complete projects as an alternative.
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Lawmakers voted early Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment allowing female students to enter universities wearing Islamic head scarves  -  a move that many secular Turks view as an attempt to impose religion on their daily lives
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Georgia is poised to introduce two literature classes on the Bible in public schools next year, a move analysts say would make the state the first to take an explicit stance endorsing &#151; and funding &#151; biblical teachings. The Bible already is incorporated into some classes in Georgia and other states, but some critics say the board's move, which makes the Bible the classes' main text, treads into dangerous turf.
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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 12--HIGHLAND -- The debate that City Council members are expected to  hear tonight won't be a matter of church versus state.
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A local school board will consider limiting student access to birth control pills and patches at a middle school's health center
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School district needs to move the building to make way for a new high school. By Jon Zemke / Special to The Detroit News. John M. Galloway / Special to The Detroit News.
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By Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  In a move to clear up school voucher confusion as swiftly as possible, opponents want to send the crux of the voucher issue straight to the Utah Supreme Court.  Friday Rep.
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A Mennonite-Orthodox dialogue, "Interpreting the Bible: Voices from Two Traditions," will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. March 3 at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 64 Hershey Ave. Brian Miller, pastor of Sunnyside Mennonite Church, and the Rev.