The Bible has a deep history in American classrooms, but the state’s provocative superintendent wants to broadly expand its influence. By Sarah Mervosh and Ruth Graham Sarah Mervosh reports on ...

Let the best book win! I may be naive, but isn't Bible reading in public schools a violation of our constitution's rule of "separation of church and state"? What about those whose religions and ...

The Texas State Board of Education has approved the use of Bible-based lessons in public elementary schools. Officials voted 8-7 on the measure during a hearing in Austin on Friday. The new ...

Walters issued a memo Thursday instructing all Oklahoma schools to teach students in grades five through 12 about the Bible’s influence ... “it will help us move the ball forward, even more ...

Starting this fall, a Bible-influenced curriculum approved by the State Board of Education last November will be allowed in Texas public elementary schools. The lessons could reach as many as ...

Oklahoma public schools will be required to teach students the Bible as a “necessary historical document” — a week after Louisiana directed the Ten Commandments be posted in every classroom.

Austin, Texas — Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal that drew hours of testimony ...

Republican State Superintendent Walters ordered public schools Thursday, June 27, 2024, to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to ...

Oklahoma Teachers Were Told to Use the Bible. There's Resistance From Schools as Students Return BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's Bixby school district has lots to show off for a fast-growing ...

Officials in Texas have backed a controversial new public school curriculum that would incorporate Christian lessons from the Bible as early as kindergarten. Eight out of 15 state school board ...

They’ve spent years trying to erase Bibles from our schools, and they can’t stand seeing parents and educators fighting back." Walters issued a Bible-teaching mandate for Oklahoma schools last ...

AUSTIN – The Texas State Board of Education voted this Friday in favor of incorporating Bible teachings in public grade schools for students from kindergarten through fifth grade. On Friday ...