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Hymn Of A Catholic School Girl

Andrea Vale | Posted 04.22.2013 | Religion
Read More: Catholic School, High School News, Teen News, Catholic Church, School Uniforms, Catholic Theology, Parochial Schools, Faith in School, Religious Schools, Religion News
Andrea Vale

It is often assumed in today's largely secular society that attending a parochial school will lead to a parochial mind. I think I thought this, too, when I entered a Catholic high school.

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Brooklyn Yeshivas Eschew Laws, Don't Teach English And Math

| Posted 01.24.2013 | New York
Read More: New York City Schools, Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, New York City Department of Education, Video, Yeshiva, Judaism, Ny News, Orthodox Jews, Brooklyn-Orthodox, Religious Schools, Brooklyn Yeshivas, New York News, Brooklyn Yeshivas English, Brooklyn Yeshivas Math, New York News

By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer BROOKLYN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Borough President Marty Markowitz waffled Wednesday over who has...

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When Politics Comes First: The Reasons Republicans Shifted to Supporting Private Schools

Jack Jennings | Posted 09.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Blaine Amendment, School Integration, School Vouchers, Private Schools, Teachers' Unions, Mitt Romney, Education Tax Credits, Religious Schools, Republicans, Home News
Jack Jennings

All of the Republicans' talk about giving parents the right to choose in education is a politically expedient strategy -- just beneath the surface of the rhetoric are political motivations to thwart integration, weaken the Democratic coalition, and cripple the teachers' unions.

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Crazy 'Facts' Students Will Learn Under Jindal's Voucher Program

Posted 08.13.2012 | Home
Read More: Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Schools, Video, Louisiana, School Vouchers, Bv-Politics, Bobby Jindal, Religious Schools, Slideexpand, Louisiana School Vouchers, Louisiana School Voucher Program, Home News

Under Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal’s sweeping new school voucher program, tens of millions of Louisiana taxpayer dollars will be used to offer vouch...

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Evangelical And Catholic Colleges Unite Against Birth Control Mandate

The Huffington Post | Alyssa Creamer | Posted 07.19.2012 | College
Read More: Abortion, Religion, Wheaton College, Anti-Abortion, Birth Control, Pro-Life, Religious Schools, Religious Colleges, The Catholic University of America, College News

In a historic first, an evangelical institution and a Catholic institution are joining forces and filing suit against a government health mandate they...

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Lawmakers Object To Funding Islamic School, But Offer Vouchers To Christian Schools

Gregory Kristof | Posted 06.14.2012 | Home
Read More: Louisiana Schools, Minimum Foundations Program, Louisiana, School Vouchers, Public Education Reform, Religion in Schools, Louisiana Education, School Choice, Religious Schools, Denominational Schools, Islamic School of Grater New Orleans, Public Education, Video, Home News

Sectarian feuds reignited in Louisiana last week when lawmakers debated whether to provide federal funding for Muslim and Christian schools under a ne...

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Louisiana's Bold Bid To Privatize Public Schools

Reuters | Posted 08.01.2012 | Home
Read More: New Orleans, Public Schools, Louisiana Schools, Privatizing Public Schools, Louisiana, School Vouchers, Upperroom Bible Church Academy, Bobby Jindal, New Orleans Schools, Louisiana Public Schools, Reuters, School Funding, School Voucher Program, Privatizing Public Education, Religious Schools, Public Education, Home News

By Stephanie Simon June 1 (Reuters) - Louisiana is embarking on the nation's boldest experiment in privatizing public education, with ...

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Bishop Slams Public Schools: Hitler And Mussolini 'Would Love Our System'

Posted 01.24.2012 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Video, American Civil Liberties Union, School Vouchers, Public Money for Private Schools, Private Schools, Bishop Joseph Mcfadden, School Voucher Programs, Public Dollars for Private Schools, School Choice, Joseph Mcfadden, Religious Schools, Education Reform, School Choice Programs, Roman Catholic Schools, Catholic Schools, Home News

Religious leaders in Philadelphia are frustrated with the battle over school choice, to the extent that Harrisburg Bishop Joseph McFadden says fascist...

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Does The Largest School Choice Program Illegally Use Public Money To Support Religion?

AP | By CHARLES WILSON | Posted 03.15.2012 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Indiana State Teachers Association, School Choice Program, School Vouchers, Indiana, Nate Schnellenberger, Indiana Public Schools, School Choice, Religious Schools, Marion Superior Court, Indiana School Voucher Law, Indiana Schools, Home News

INDIANAPOLIS -- A judge upheld Indiana's school voucher law on Friday, rejecting opponents' arguments that the largest such program in the nation unco...

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Meet The Nation's Least LGBT-Friendly College

Posted 10.03.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Lgbt, Chicagoland, Transgender, College, Wheaton College, Lgbt-Friendly Campuses, Gay-Friendly Campuses, Lesbian, Bisexual, Suburban Chicago, Religious Schools, Gay, Wheaton Illinois, Faith-Based Colleges, Chicago News

Wheaton College, a religious Christian school in Chicago's west suburbs, has for the second time in three years ranked as the least LGBT-friendly coll...

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Joy Resmovits

New Laws That Begin, Expand Programs That Use Public Money For Private Schooling Attract Lawsuits, Investigations

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.24.2011 | Home
Read More: First Amendment, Education, Vouchers, Colorado School Board, Charter Schools, Obama Education Policy, Public School, Zelman, Ohio Education Reform, School Choice, Religious Schools, Private School, Education Reform, Douglas County, Education Law, Home News

Cindra Barnard loves her district's public schools. That's why she's fighting the school board. Barnard is a resident of Douglas County, Colo., whe...

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Supreme Court Pulls Another Brick From Church/State Wall

Posted 06.04.2011 | Religion
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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday (April 4) rejected a challenge to an Arizona school tuition credit...

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Supreme Court: Arizona Tax Break For Donations To Religious Schools Continues

AP | By MARK SHERMAN | Posted 06.04.2011 | Home
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WASHINGTON -- A Supreme Court divided along ideological lines said Monday that ordinary taxpayers cannot challenge government programs that use tax br...

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Supreme Court To Decide If Narcoleptic Teacher At Church School Gets Disability Rights

AP | Posted 05.28.2011 | Home
Read More: Cheryl Perich, Americans With Disabilities Act, Teachers, Narcoleptic Teacher, Narcolepsy, Supreme Court, Church Schools, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church, Religious Schools, Home News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether a teacher at a church-run school is a religious or secular worker when it comes to the Americ...

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My Come-to-Jesus Moment

Rich Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Religion, Jew, Parochial Schools, Jewishness, Judaism, Nuns, Public School, Catholic, Religious Schools, School, Condoms, Catholic Schools, Religion News
Rich Siegel

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.

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