Same Sex Couple Barred From Entering High School Prom
Hope Decker and Tiffany Wright, a same-sex couple at Lexington Catholic High School in Lexington, Ky., were barred from attending the school's prom be...
Hope Decker and Tiffany Wright, a same-sex couple at Lexington Catholic High School in Lexington, Ky., were barred from attending the school's prom be...
Don McNay | Posted 05.13.2012
It's no accident that I fell in love with a single mother. They know how to give unconditional love in a way the average people can't.
Joshua Hale | Posted 05.09.2012
While selective enrollment and high quality neighborhood and charter public schools are key to the fabric of our city, they clearly cannot meet the demand
Annette Fuentes | Posted 05.21.2012
When St. Michael's High School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, sent out a letter in February about a proposed random drug testing program for next school year, it ignited a controversy among parents at the private school.
Thomas A. Shakely | Posted 04.29.2012
Philadelphians have long been known for their devotion to their city and its triumphs, both real and legendary. We're a people whose roots run deeper ...
AP | Posted 02.04.2012
WINONA, Minn. -- A Catholic school in Minnesota has suspended a 9-year-old boy for performing a crotch-grabbing Michael Jackson dance move during a fu...
Posted 01.24.2012
Religious leaders in Philadelphia are frustrated with the battle over school choice, to the extent that Harrisburg Bishop Joseph McFadden says fascist...
AP | Posted 03.10.2012
PHILADELPHIA — Students at several Philadelphia-area Catholic schools slated for closure staged rallies Monday to voice their opposition to an a...
The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.28.2011
Christa Dias, former technology coordinator at Holy Family and St. Lawrence Catholic schools in Cincinnati, Ohio, claims she was fired for becoming pr...
Gordon Marino | Posted 12.26.2011
In The Fighter, Christian Bale played the role of the charismatic but slightly daft brother and trainer of junior welterweight contender Micky Ward. Recently, Eklund visited Leo High School in Chicago.
AP | By TOM COYNE | Posted 10.28.2011
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Weeks after Indiana began the nation's broadest school voucher program, thousands of students have transferred from public to priv...
AP | Posted 10.26.2011
CINCINNATI — A Roman Catholic high school dropped plans for a Ramadan dinner after hearing complaints about its partnership with a Muslim advoca...
HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 09.28.2011
This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com When Anna Marie Osso tells people about Our Lady of Victory Academy in Ne...
AP | DAVE COLLINS | Posted 09.24.2011
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Monday that a former Catholic school principal cannot sue the Archdiocese of Hartford on c...
Posted 08.25.2011
By Charley Honey c. 2011 Religion News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) Middle school is no picnic for a lot of students, but for Alec McGuire, i...
Steve Nelson | Posted 08.09.2011
Now, courtesy of Gates and others, we're on the front edge of an analogous privatizing wave that will drown public education. Once it's gone, we'll never get it back.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.07.2011
NEW YORK -- Milwaukee's voucher system, which allows low-income students to attend private schools using tax dollars, discriminates based on disabilit...
Steve Nelson | Posted 07.12.2011
Ms. Rhee's missive intentionally avoids some very glaring problems, leading one to suspect her motivation and the motivation of other conservatives who press for vouchers and school choice.
Posted 05.28.2011
By Kari DeQuine Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS -- More than 500 students, parents and other supporters of St. Augustine High School marched Saturd...
Posted 05.25.2011
At an intense debate Thursday over bringing corporal punishment back to a Catholic New Orleans school, an archbishop said paddling could cause emotion...
Rich Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011
I have this undeniably strong sense of Jewishness. Which makes it all the more ironic that my wife and I are attempting to send our daughters to Saint Monica's Catholic High School.
Posted 05.25.2011
By Daniel Burke Religion News Service If she had listened to her parents, Sister Jenn Graus might never have professed vows last month to join the Co...
AP | PATRICK CONDON | Posted 05.25.2011
MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Price was struggling with memories of the sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of a high school teacher, so he reac...
Posted 05.25.2011
By Barri Bronston Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS -- Not much keeps Archbishop Gregory Aymond up at night. But one thing does make him toss and tur...
AP | CARLY EVERSON | Posted 05.26.2011
INDIANAPOLIS — A plan to create what could be the first U.S. public charter schools run by a Roman Catholic archdiocese is meeting resistance fr...
The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.14.2012