A Legal Stocking Stuffer, a Truly XXX-ceptional School, and a Holiday Truce

Teacher Magazine ’s take on education news from around the Web, Dec. 17-23.

What’s the gift that seems to keep on giving this season? The lawsuit—or at least the threat of one. Across the country, Christian groups are battling school districts in court, demanding that Christmas be put back into holiday celebrations . Two or three decades ago, secular groups were demanding just the opposite, saying that Nativity scenes and overtly religious songs such as “Silent Night” had no place in school lobbies and auditoriums. But these days, with schools recognizing every other religious holiday, from Ramadan to Kwanzaa, the forced absence of “O Come All Ye Faithful” during holiday concerts...