More than 125 North Carolina faith leaders joined together to urge the governor and legislature to reject a state budget provision guaranteeing public school students up to four hours per week of off-campus religious instruction. The release time for religious…
The push is on for evangelical time-release programs
LifeWise Academy is leading the charge to increase the number of schools nationwide required to allow off-site Bible instruction during school hours, constitutional advocates said during a webinar hosted by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The $35…
Prof reviews proper and improper uses of Bible in public schools
The Bible has not been banned from public schools, but there are appropriate and inappropriate ways to use it there, a professor told a summit on religion and public education Sept. 16. Mark Chancey, professor of religious studies at Southern…