The role of the school board in public education in the United States is wide-ranging. While routine duties include setting policies, adopting budgets and hiring staff, the most critical role of the ...

For forty years I helped start school every morning. Although I never was a paid employee of our public school system, I showed up daily at Amarillo High School to teach the academic Bible course. In ...

Thank you for your insightful In Perspective article about schools’ efforts to teach the Bible from a nonreligious standpoint (“The Bible Makes a Comeback,” May 16, 2007). I would, however, point out ...

Even as Americans wage epic legal battles over religion in public schools—the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance, the posting of the Ten Commandments in public buildings, and lessons on ...

Some schools, boards of education, and state legislatures have considered introducing courses on the Bible in public schools. In order to provide guidance on how this might be done consistently with ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Republicans on an Iowa Senate panel gave initial approval Thursday to legislation creating guidelines for public high school courses on the Bible. Advocates ...

Juniors and seniors in one north Alabama school district could soon be studying the Bible and getting high school and college credit for the course. Morgan County Schools on Tuesday held an ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Church That Never Closes is offering a 16-week Bible Introduction course on Friday nights beginning March 2. Focused discussions at the Prince’s Bay church will be led by the ...

AUSTIN — More disagreement surfaced Friday over the public school Bible course Texas lawmakers approved last year. The latest issue hinges on whether the state must adopt specific curriculum standards ...

A Kentucky high school will not offer a course on the Bible because of legal concerns over a 2017 law that allows the teaching of such electives in the state's public schools. The school-based ...