This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. In modern America, religious education is offered in private schools or in a homeschooling ...

The charter school movement was once the golden child of the U.S. education reform world, celebrated and bolstered by billionaire philanthropists and by politicians of both major parties. But charter ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday seemed open to backing the creation of a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, a decision that would expand the availability of taxpayer money for ...

A Supreme Court reporter and an education reporter explain faith’s new role in schools. By The Morning Team By Adam Liptak I cover the Supreme Court. In just the last month, the Supreme Court has ...

The Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA), a national private school voucher program, harms public education and undermines the fundamental American principle of the separation of church and ...

The growing controversy surrounding school vouchers and their use in private religious education is once again emerging. With public dollars increasingly directed toward faith-based schools, the ...

Even before he signed a bill this week requiring Louisiana public schools to post the Ten Commandments, Gov. Jeff Landry was itching for a fight. “I can’t wait to be sued,” he said. It was a short ...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court considered Tuesday whether the state can directly fund religious education, with some justices voicing skepticism that a proposed Catholic charter school could pass ...

Elementary school curriculum proposed this week would infuse new state reading and language arts lessons with teachings on the Bible, marking the latest push by Texas Republicans to put more ...

The affluent D.C. suburb of Fairfax County, Virginia, once leaned Republican. In 2000, George W. Bush won the county by 1.4 percent, or 5,860 votes. But by 2020, Democrat Joe Biden claimed it by a ...