The State Board of Education, controlled by Republicans, approved required reading in Texas public schools, including Bible stories and verses.
Texas could become the first state to require Bible readings in public schools, but religious scholars who reviewed the ...
(RNS) — The chosen readings, to be voted on by the State Board of Education, draw heavily from Christian perspectives.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from Stern College and completed both her MA and PhD in Bible at Bar-Ilan University. Her focus is on biblical studies, textual analysis, and the history of Jewish ...
A required reading list before the State Board of Education would present a predominantly Christian perspective to public ...
Among the many faiths practiced by millions of Texas students, a new statewide required reading list that includes biblical ...
The Texas State Board of Education gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a proposed reading list with Bible materials.
As I have said before, please do not take my word for it. Read for yourself. According to Bible Study Tools website ( Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance is the most complete, easy-to-use, and ...
The language America reaches for, at its best moments and its worst, has always been ours. Not borrowed. Ours. We wrote the ...
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Teaching Bible in public schools is not a good idea

(RNS) — Texas is calling for Bible passages to be part of the curriculum. Sure. Bring on Song of Songs!
On the eve of July 4, 1876, a New York broadside marked America’s centennial with something extraordinary: the first Hebrew ...