"The fight over 'book banning' and who has the final word in a child’s education has taken some nasty turns of late. Everyone needs to take a step back and put the debate into some commonsense context." - Acton
“People were saying our schools were Marxist, socialist, atheist—and that just wasn’t our experience as local church pastors.” - C.Today
"The new grading practices are designed to help students struggling with difficult home situations but, according to an official statement, 'OPRFHS does not, nor has it ever had a plan to, grade any students differently based on race.'" - Relevant
"Many of the headlines said the majority-conservative court 'appeared sympathetic' to the coach, which I disagree with. The justices appeared more confused by the conflicting narratives.... Breyer plaintively noted at one point: 'One of my problems in this case, is that the parties seem to have different views of the facts.'" - Get Religion
"The U.S. Supreme Court weighed lengthy arguments April 25 regarding whether a high school football coach’s post-game prayer at midfield violates the First Amendment’s ban on government establishment of religion." - BPNews
"Groome said she wanted her children to be able to participate in extracurricular activities, but sought a secular alternative to the Joy El Christian club, which operates at nine of the 16 school districts in the county and offers off-campus activities." - C.Post
"Under the bill, school principals would have seven business days to review complaints from parents that a given book is obscene and 'lacking in serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value for minors.'" - C.Index
Students "were told by their teacher to go to an evangelical Christian revival assembly. When students arrived at the event in the school's auditorium, they were instructed to close their eyes and raise their arms in prayer... were asked to give their lives over to Jesus to find purpose and salvation." - NPR
