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Catholic Schools Feeling Squeeze From Charters

Competition for students, especially in urban areas, is putting added pressure on Catholic institutions. (August 28, 2012)

Spotlight on Religion in Schools

This Spotlight examines growing debates, from the classroom to the courtroom, on topics like evolution, religion in textbooks, and school choice.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' opinions in youths'-rights cases reflect his 'originalist' thinking.
October 17, 2011 - Education Week
Justices hear arguments pitting employment-discrimination protections against churches' rights to make job decisions.
October 11, 2011 - Education Week
Public education could learn lessons about looking beyond test scores to teaching the whole child from Catholic schools, Philip V. Robey writes.
October 4, 2011 - Education Week
The U.S. Supreme Court's new term includes a case involving the "ministerial exception" for teachers at religious schools.
October 3, 2011 - Education Week
Stigmatized by the terrorist attacks, Muslim students feel a continuing obligation to be ambassadors for their faith and their culture.
September 8, 2011 - Education Week
Testimony began Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by civil-liberties groups and parents to stop Douglas County's voucher pilot, slated within weeks to help 500 students attend private schools with public funding.
August 3, 2011 - Education Week
The U.S. Department of Education's annual "Condition of Education" report finds fewer students enrolling in private schools and increasing numbers of students in public charter schools and for-profit colleges.
May 26, 2011 - Education Week
The U.S. Supreme Court rules 5-4 against taxpayers who sought to overturn an Arizona program aiding religious schools.
April 4, 2011 - Education Week
Teachers and scientists push to revamp evolution education in the classroom.
February 11, 2011 - Education Week
Critics want the Louisiana school board to reject life-science textbooks because they don't question the validity of evolution theory.
November 30, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week

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