Education

Pro-Life T-Shirt Brings High School Freshman Suspension Threat

by CE Editors June 8, 2001

by Rusty Pugh
(AgapePress) – An attorney with the American Family Association says a Washington school district may have gone too far when it threatened to suspend a 15-year-old girl for wearing a T-shirt bearing a pro-life message.
Andrea Lawyer,…

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Pennsylvania Ponders New School Science Standards

by CE Editors June 7, 2001

by Fred Jackson
(AgapePress) – Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have started debating new school science standards which would include allowing students to question the theory of evolution.
Christian parents who have kids in public schools have long been concerned that most…

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Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action in Law School Case

by CE Editors June 5, 2001

by Chad Groening
(AgapePress) – The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the right of a college or university to use race as a factor in its admission decisions.
The case centered around three white applicants to the University of Washington…

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Amendment Seeks Safer Schools for Teachers and Students

by CE Editors June 3, 2001

by Rusty Pugh and Jim Brown
(AgapePress) – An organization that fights for less government, lower taxes, and more freedom says tax dollars should be used to educate children, not for litigation.
The group Citizens for a Sound Economy is…

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Constitution Expert Hails 11th Circuit Ruling in Sunshine State

by CE Editors May 29, 2001

by Rusty Pugh
(AgapePress) – The American Family Association’s expert on constitutional matters says an appeals court ruling allowing prayer in Florida public schools is a big victory for the right to express one’s religion.
The 11th Circuit U.S. Court…

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Education Bill Passes House; Reformer Calls It “Starting Point”

by CE Editors May 24, 2001

by Bill Fancher and Jody Brown
(AgapePress) – The U.S. House yesterday overwhelmingly approved President Bush's education bill over protests from some groups charging it had been watered down and stripped of any proposals he promised on the campaign trail.…

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Native American Rituals Halted in 4th-Grade Classroom

by CE Editors May 22, 2001

by Allie Martin
(AgapePress) – A California public school teacher has been forced to quit performing American Indian religious practices in her class after a religious civil liberties organization made it clear to school officials that the teacher's actions were…

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Court Ruling Grants Florida Students Freedom to Pray at Graduation

by CE Editors May 20, 2001

by Allie Martin
(AgapePress) – A federal appeals court has cleared the way for students in one Florida school district to pray at graduation ceremonies.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the practice in Duval County, Florida, schools of…

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Museum Exhibit Pays Tribute to Religious Heritage of Carolinas

by CE Editors May 18, 2001

ACLU Sues School District Over Christian Musicby Fred Jackson
(AgapePress) – It turns out prayer is not the only thing the American Civil Liberties Union wants removed from schools. In Ohio, it is now targeting religious music.
According to The…

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Maryland Home Schoolers Want Access to Community Center

by CE Editors May 16, 2001

by Rusty Pugh
(AgapePress) – A home-school mother in Maryland headed to court this week to do battle with county officials. Those officials are denying her children access to a community center, and her lawyer calls that discrimination.
Lydia Goulart…

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