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School boards had until March 1 to decide whether to establish a daily period for students and staff to pray or read religious texts.

History has long shown that public schools and prayer are incompatible.

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History has long shown that public schools and prayer are incompatible.

As federal data becomes less available, our journalists are doing shoe-leather reporting to provide readers with the precise numbers.

The administration is pausing asylum and upending families.

Two Catholic preschools that wanted to join Colorado’s state-funded preschool program but not admit children from LGBTQ families have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case.

The Philadelphia school district has borrowed more than $500 million to make up for missing state funding as Pennsylvania’s budget impasse has hit four months. Even once lawmakers reach a deal, the di...

Statewide virtual schools have grown in enrollment by more than half since 2019.

As the fate of mayoral control hangs in the balance, the next NYC mayor inherits a $40 billion school system grappling with low college readiness and high chronic absenteeism.

Oklahoma announced in October 2025 it would no longer assess out-of-state teachers with a controversial test developed by a conservative media company.

A growing number of educators, including in Massachusetts, have faced professional discipline for comments about the conservative activist’s death.

While officials say ICE has moved with similar speed in arresting adults, this case stands out for the very young age of the subject.

Oklahoma's new public schools superintendent is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students.

If approved, the rule would implement a new fixed time limit on foreign students, who currently can stay for the length of their studies as long as they meet visa requirements.

It's back-to-school time at Boston-area colleges and universities, but as political and economic challenges mount, this fall feels a little different.

(RNS) — The IRS hopes to settle a lawsuit brought by a pair of Texas churches and a group of religious broadcasters over rules that bar houses of worship and other nonprofits from getting involved in…

Millions have already left right-wing Christianity because of politics

(The Conversation) — One hundred years after the Scopes trial, the culture war over evolution and creationism remains intense.

As the authors and illustrators of the books named in Mahmoud v. Taylor, we believe the Supreme Court’s ruling today threatens students’ access to diverse books and undermines teachers’ efforts to cre...

The case asked whether Montgomery County, Maryland could require children to participate in lessons with books that clash with parents’ religious beliefs.

(RNS) — The leather-bound edition includes the King James Version, along with the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution and lyrics to Lee Greenwood’s hit song.

The court unanimously ruled that the state cannot require schools and universities to display the Commandments.

Brookline police are investigating an incident in which a brick reading “Free Palestine” was thrown through the window of a Kosher grocery store early Sunday morning.

Federal and state data tell a far different story about migration to California than the political fury unfolding in Washington and on the streets of Los Angeles.

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Regie Gibson believes in the connection poetry creates and the power of performing literature. He’ll share his expertise with the commonwealth in his new role.