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Anjali Adukia; Emileigh Harrison – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Curricula impart knowledge, instill values, and shape collective memory. Despite growing public funding for religious schools through U.S. school choice programs, little is known about what they teach. We examine textbooks from public schools, religious private schools, and home schools, applying computational methods -- including the use of…
Descriptors: State Church Separation, Public Schools, Private Schools, Curriculum Evaluation
Pew Research Center, 2019
Religion in public schools has long been a controversial issue. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1962 that teachers and administrators cannot lead prayers in public schools, and a decision in 2000 barred school districts from sponsoring student-led prayers at football games. At the same time, the court has held that students retain a First…
Descriptors: Religion, State Church Separation, Constitutional Law, School Prayer