education
The case for secular education in Hasidic schools
By Naftuli Moster — April 7, 2022
(RNS) — The Jewish community is not served by depriving people of the right to their own history.
Bolsonaro’s education minister accused of doing bidding of Brazilian evangelicals
By Eduardo Campos Lima — March 25, 2022
(RNS) — While the evangelical bloc in the legislature is not calling for Ribeiro's dismissal, the scandal may cost Bolsonaro and his allies in fall elections.
The good, the bad and the factual: Seeing American history through a biblical lens
By Thomas Reese — February 16, 2022
(RNS) — Bible history wasn’t written to make the Jewish people feel good about themselves.
What do students’ beliefs about God have to do with grades and going to college?
By Ilana Horwitz — February 15, 2022
(The Conversation) — Researchers have spent decades studying how demographics affect American students’ opportunities and performance, but many questions remain about religion and school.
How anti-Muslim bias on campus harms students’ education
By Tasmiha Khan — December 28, 2021
(RNS) — Some students and their advocates say anti-Muslim bias is as much a problem as discrimination against other ethnic or racial groups.
Money, schools and religion: A controversial combo returns to the Supreme Court
By Charles J. Russo — November 30, 2021
(The Conversation) — Carson v. Makin, a case from Maine about aid to students attending religious schools, goes to the Supreme Court on Dec. 8, 2021.
ADL partners with L’Oréal USA to promote Holocaust education in the US
By Nidhi Upadhyaya — September 29, 2021
(RNS) — The new initiative is in response to the increasing instances of antisemitism and discrimination in the country.
Teachers turn to mindfulness after a stressful pandemic year
By Megan Sweas — July 22, 2021
(RNS) — After a challenging year, mindfulness practice, based in Buddhism, is helping teachers maintain compassion for his students — and themselves.
My child learned he was ‘low caste’ from a school textbook: An American Shudra story
By Smitha Raj — June 23, 2021
(RNS) — Why are American school textbooks peddling falsehoods and stereotyping about Hindus in the name of learning?
Biden’s transition team wanted to talk about religious freedom. Here’s what I told them.
By Simran Jeet Singh — January 14, 2021
(RNS) — What I said had as much to do with racial justice as religious freedom, as the two are inextricably linked.
Normally a refuge on campus, college Muslim groups fight students’ isolation in a pandemic
By Hira Qureshi — September 23, 2020
(RNS) — With many students dispersed to home or group houses, many Muslim student associations are struggling to maintain a community feeling.
Reopening schools for all the wrong reasons
By Jim Wallis — August 3, 2020
(RNS) — Just like he turned mask-wearing into a political litmus test, Donald Trump is using our children’s futures as a political tactic to try to put the pandemic behind us, get the economy going again and help him win reelection.
We can protect prayer in schools without blessing Christian nationalism
By Amanda Tyler — January 17, 2020
(RNS) — Claiming to defend a constitutional right under attack, the Trump administration's announcement on school prayer neither identified the threat nor bolstered students' well-established freedom to pray.
‘Muslims in my house’: A tribute to a beloved centenarian
By Afeefa Syeed — January 8, 2020
(RNS) — A small-town hero, she said yes to our fledgling Islamic school during a time of uncertainty for Muslims, delving deep into what it means to be American.
Without school, a ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya refugee children face uncertain future
By Rubayat Jesmin — July 25, 2019
(The Conversation) — The boy’s eyes lit up when he talked about his dream of becoming a doctor. Seven-year-old “Mohammad” – not his real name – is a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar. I met him at a learning center at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in early July 2019. After sharing his aspirations, […]
