Should religious schools be an option? Should they receive public funding? Are they bad for community cohesion? What should we make of the charge that they indoctrinate? How should they be regulated? People disagree on the answers to these questions. Some maintain that religious schools should not be permitted. If parents want to raise their…

Courts have been reluctant to fully embrace free exercise or equal protection claims of school choice advocates, but recent rulings may have permanently reversed that trend, potentially compelling governments to provide substantially more resources to parochial schools than ever before. The first section of this article summarizes the origin of…

Presents the full opinions of three recent United States Supreme Court Cases. (JF)

Presents historical data to show that Joseph Chamberlain's decision in 1896 to support denominational schools, after he had campaigned against them for years, was not as abrupt as some writers have argued. (JF)

First Amendment interpretation becomes necessary when attempts are made by the State to act in a way which either inhibits or promotes religion. Reviews those cases that have had a direct impact on the questions of establishment and free exercise of religion in the schools. (Author/JF)

Replying to an earlier article, the author makes a number of assertions, including that the constitution mandates religious neutrality, not hostility, and that the liberal elite object to the views of the religious only when the views are not politically liberal. (Author/JM)

Three recent cases in Michigan, Alabama, and New Jersey demonstrate that, despite popular and legislative pressure, courts continue to hold firm against efforts to inject religion into public education. (Author/JM)

Discusses church and state relations in education and court decisions regarding these issues. Includes an appendix of major U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to public finance of nonpublic schools. (JOW)

Reviews three recent Supreme Court decisions affecting public aid to private religious schools. The court found that all three cases violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment. (MD)

An analysis of United States Supreme Court cases related to State-church separation. (JF)

Discusses the complexity of the Constitutional separation of church and state. Citing specific cases, argues against strict separation on the grounds that the Supreme Court has, historically, managed to accommodate the separationist approach without inhibiting any religion. Advocates tuition vouchers for parochial school students as a way of…

Discusses the recent parochial school aid case Pearl vs Nyquist and compares it with other recent United States Supreme Court rulings on parochiad. (JF)

Discusses recent United States Supreme Court rulings on aid to parochial schools. (JF)

Discusses one of two June 1997 rulings on church/state separation issued by the U.S. Supreme Court. In "Agostini v. Felton," the Court reversed an earlier decision ("Aguilar v. Felton") upholding a New York City taxpayer group's claims that a Title I program's employment of public school teachers in private/parochial schools…

Examines the consitutional guarantee of freedom of religion and how the courts have applied it to different areas of school law and school-church relations. (JG)