Education

Attorney Applauds Restoration of Religious Holidays to School Calendar

by Jim Brown November 16, 2005

A Christian attorney is praising a decision by a Florida school board to once again recognize religious holidays on the district's school calendar.
The Hillsborough County School Board had decided to eliminate all religious holiday vacation days after Muslims in…

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State-Sponsored Narnia Contest Causing a Stir in Florida

by Jim Brown November 11, 2005

A religious freedom group is offering pro bono legal representation to any Florida school that is threatened with a lawsuit for taking part in a state reading contest that features a book in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series.
As…

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FIRE Demands University of Wisconsin Lift Ban on RA-Led Bible Studies

by Jim Brown November 9, 2005

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has threatened its resident assistants, or “RAs,” with disciplinary action if they hold a Bible study on their own time in their dorm rooms. A UW-Eau Claire administrator has told certain RAs the mere fact…

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Lawyer Condemns Florida School Board’s Religious Holiday Ban

by Jim Brown November 7, 2005

A Christian attorney is questioning the constitutionality of a decision by Hillsborough County School Board in Tampa, Florida, to eliminate all religious holiday vacation days from the school calendar.
Last year, local Muslims asked that students in the Florida school…

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Tennessee in Legal Battle Over “Choose Life” License Plates

by Charlie Kincaid November 5, 2005

Tennessee's new pro-life license plate — which is not even in circulation yet — has caused such an outcry that abortion advocacy groups have carried the state to court.
The license plate, which displays the phrase “Choose Life,” is causing…

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Activist Judge Rules California Parents Have No Say in Sex Ed in Schools

by Hilary White November 5, 2005

The Palmdale School District in California wanted children in the first, third and fifth grades to think about sex as part of a study on “barriers to learning.” When parents took the Palmdale School District to court, a three-judge panel…

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Vatican Education Official Warns Dissenting Catholic Colleges May Lose “Catholic” Status

by CE Editors November 4, 2005

The Vatican's number two education official predicts that Pope Benedict XVI will follow a path of “evangelical pruning” of secularized Catholic colleges and universities, declaring them no longer Catholic.
Archbishop Michael Miller, secretary of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education…

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School Expels Student Who Alerted Bishop to Abortion Activist Teacher

by John-Henry Westen November 3, 2005

A 15-year-old girl at a Catholic school who was responsible for alerting her bishop to the presence of a pro-abortion activist teacher on staff at her school has been expelled from the school. Katelyn Sills, was expelled from Loretto High…

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Duquesne Sophomore Challenges “Sexual Orientation” Harassment Charge

by Jim Brown November 2, 2005

A student at a Catholic university in Pittsburgh is protesting the school's decision to punish him for opposing the formation of a homosexual student group on campus.
Duquesne University recently charged sophomore Ryan Miner with discrimination based on sexual orientation.…

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Campus Paper’s Publications Targeted by Vandals

by Jim Brown October 26, 2005

The publisher of a student newspaper at the University of Georgia says he finds it ironic that students who champion tolerance on campus have apparently demonstrated extreme intolerance by vandalizing his fliers and newspapers.
David Kirby, publisher of the campus…

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