Sorry I’ve been quiet. Yesterday was an all-day travel day followed by Skeptech – which is totally awesome. I just wanted to take a moment to drop this in here: I don’t know who this young woman is, but should I ever have children I hope they are half as brave and a tenth as [...]
Global warming to be taught in public schools.
March 6, 2013 By 50 Comments
Holy shit! Public schools are actually going to teach science in science classes! New national science standards that make the teaching of global warming part of the public school curriculum are slated to be released this month, potentially ending an era in which climate skepticism has been allowed to seep into the nation’s classrooms. The [...]
Texas lawmakers want to slash funding to public schools for having equality policies.
February 25, 2013 By 5 Comments
Forget public schools that would rather ban all clubs than let a Gay-Straight Alliance form, some Texas legislators are trying to slash funding to schools/universities with pro-equality statutes for students and employees. This is in response to the Pflugerville School District recently became the first to offer benefits to the partners of LGBT teachers. Pflugerville [...]
A quick 180 for gay rights.
February 16, 2013 By 5 Comments
Last year a male student wanted to bring his boyfriend to the prom at his public high school. He was denied, and this year he tried again. Stacy Dawson, a 17-year-old senior at Scott County Central High School in Sikeston, Mo., had been told last year that he couldn’t bring his boyfriend due to a [...]
Pride in the shadows.
February 6, 2013 By 17 Comments
A high school football coach has learned how easy it is to be proud in the shadows. When your bosses aren’t listening, it’s easy to bravely defy the responsibilities of your job. Lauderdale County Schools Superintendent Jennifer Gray confirmed to The TimesDaily that Lauderdale County High School coach Bob Grisham was being investigated after an [...]
Report Released on How Texas Public Schools Teach the Bible
February 2, 2013 By 3 Comments
Anne here… Nearly 50 years ago the U.S. Supreme Court decided School District of Abington Township v. Schempp, and held that public school courses that use the Bible in a purely secular manner, and which do not cross the line into religious instruction or present the subject from a particular religious viewpoint, are acceptable. Ever since, [...]
American Atheists testing the “equal treatment” waters in Florida.
January 16, 2013 By 15 Comments
In Orange County, Florida, a group has been allowed to distribute bibles at public schools. American Atheists has the right idea. Cranford, NJ-Orange County, Florida school leaders have given approval for members of World Changers of Florida to distribute Bibles by placing them on tables near student lunchrooms on Wednesday, January 16, 2013. David Silverman, [...]
School already lost money in a settlement over Jesus picture.
January 11, 2013 By 20 Comments
Remember that Ohio middle school principal who insists the picture of Jesus he has hanging up is legal (and who is ready to piss away education dollars on his ill-formed legal opinion)? It turns out that a case has already been settled over that exact same picture. There really is no debate about the nature [...]
Indiana Senator introduces school prayer bill.
January 5, 2013 By 7 Comments
A Senator in the state of Indiana has just introduced legislation that could allow some schools to have a mandatory recitation of the lord’s prayer. The bill, introduced on the first day of the new legislative session by Republican Senator Dennis Krause, outlines Kruse’s reasoning for requiring school prayer: “In order that each student recognize [...]
Why “nobody speaks up” about separation of church and state violations.
December 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
Hemant has a post up about the ten commandments case at Valley High School in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Three plaintiffs, two of them students at the school, are suing the school which has refused to remove a monument to the ten commandments. This is yet another foredoomed lawsuit that will cost the students, in the [...]
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