A Supreme Court reporter and an education reporter explain faith’s new role in schools. By The Morning Team By Adam Liptak I cover the Supreme Court. In just the last month, the Supreme Court has ...

As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs another case at the intersection of religion and public education, state school boards, legislatures, and other education officials are greenlighting a series of ...

Incorporating religious elements in public schools has become increasingly common — prompting expected divisions.

The provision of Christian religious education in Northern Ireland schools does not comply with human rights standards and is unlawful, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. In a landmark judgment, the ...

After nearly a century, children’s and parents’ freedom of belief in education finally came before the highest UK court in a significant case about religious education (RE) in Northern ...

In May, the Supreme Court managed to resolve the first big case about religious charter schools without deciding anything. In Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, the justices split ...

The landmark ruling follows a case brought by an unnamed father and his daughter who attended a non-Catholic state-controlled primary school in Belfast. Schoolchildren attend a ceremonial welcome and ...

In 2023, Texas passed a law aimed at improving K-12 students’ reading. In part, it called for a required reading list to spell out “at least one literary work to be taught in each grade level.” An ...

Mount St. Joseph Academy in Rutland and Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington. Photos by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger and Jim Welch/VTDigger Since 2021, religious schools in Vermont have been ...