When the Supreme Court hears arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, Colorado will defend antidiscrimination laws for the fourth time in 10 years.
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A new application for a religious charter school is stirring up far-reaching questions about the constitutionality of public aid to faith-based institutions.
To understand what religion looks like in 21st-century America, researchers may need to ask different questions.
My research has found religious education can encourage critical thinking in children, instil kindness and tolerance, and help expand students’ worldviews.
American churches could not rely on the state for financial support. Private philanthropy helped them survive – and shaped the country’s religious diversity today.
American courts have heard cases over the Bible’s role in classrooms for more than a century. Whether lessons are constitutional depends on their purpose.
American courts have legislated the Bible’s role in classrooms for more than a century. Whether it’s constitutional depends on the aims of teachers’ lessons.
New laws mandating the Ten Commandments’ display in schools have faced lawsuits in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Respectful relationships are key to students’ sense that their spiritual identity is welcome on campus. Schools can help foster those connections.
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas are testing a Supreme Court precedent barring displays of the Ten Commandments’ display in public school classrooms.
College students need to learn how to talk about religion with people of different faiths, two scholars write.
School lawyers are petitioning the Supreme Court to hear Cambridge Christian School v. Florida High School Athletic Association.
SCOTUS decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, one of its blockbuster cases from 2025, largely rested on two parental rights cases from 1925 and 1972.
Pop culture about the ‘trial of the century’ reflected broader cultural rifts.
Mahmoud v. Taylor stems from some families’ efforts to excuse their children from lessons that use storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters.
An education law professor unpacks what the Supreme Court’s 4-4 order does and doesn’t say.
The Supreme Court’s order has blocked this particular charter school, but similar issues could emerge in future cases.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the Oklahoma school in April.
For years, the Supreme Court has been expanding the boundaries of government aid to religious schools. St. Isidore’s case pushes the debate into new territory.
The Supreme Court’s approach toward religion in schools has been shifting, adding to uncertainty about legislation such as Louisiana’s.
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Wayne State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Law Student, University of Dayton
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Sociology, Tulane University
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Visiting Professor of Beliefs and Values, University of Worcester
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and Founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor in Sociology, Deakin University
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Anthropologist & Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing Communication, Emerson College
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Lecturer, Education and Sociology, Southern Cross University
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John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education, University of Connecticut
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Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
