Reviews U.S. Supreme Court action concerning governmental aid to sectarian schools, highlighting the First Amendment establishment clause, the child benefit doctrine, the Tripartite Test (1970-1984), and the recent Ball and Felton cases. The court is continuously pressured to reassess its precedents requiring strict neutrality toward religion.…

The background, present policies, and future prospects of public funds for private schools in European countries are surveyed. A matter of current debate, subsidies to private schools are judged likely to survive, though a declining total school enrollment may lead to cutbacks. (MJL)

Review of court rulings and arguments pro and con; author is Educational Relations Director, Americans United for Separation of Church and State. (SP)

Examines the current status of private schools in the United States. The author finds that those schools represent widely divergent philosophies and situations, but all strongly defend their privacy. Discusses the deepening division between government and private education, and the overall good financial health of private education. (CT)

The issue of the separation of church and state is explored, and compromises are offered to provide free exercise of religion without violating the Constitution. Suggested compromises include: (1) a moment of silence; (2) released time programs; (3) comparative religion classes; and (4) the use of the Bible in history and literature classes. (JN)

Discusses the history, funding, and nature of private schools in Canada. Concludes that since private schools are "rooted in the history of our nation," and their supporters are also taxpayers and electors, "public school authorities...may be expending wasted efforts by categorically opposing the establishment and financing of…

Discusses three main areas of state-private school contact: state regulation of private schools, private school liability in tort actions, and public aid to private schools. (Author/JM)

Discusses the role of private colleges and universities in American higher education and considers a number of issues related to state and federal support of private higher education. Suggests ways that state and federal governments can assist private institutions without damaging their independence and individuality. (JG)

Summarizes events at the 76th annual meeting of the National Association of Secondary School Principals in February 1992. Although innovation was a hot topic, so were budget problems and "administrivia" threats to school-based management. Other topics included learning styles, business-school partnerships, school choice, and public aid…

The Milwaukee Parental Choice Plan permits up to 1,000 low-income Milwaukee students to attend private, nonsectarian schools, paying participating schools about $2,500 for each participant. However, handicapped students received scant accommodation, and educational standards applying to public schools are not required of private schools.…

Surveyed African Americans about whether educational vouchers are good for African American children. Most respondents were college faculty and administrators. Respondents voiced opinions for and against vouchers. Some worried that vouchers would lead to resegregation and suggested that funds were better spent upgrading public schools. Others felt…

Discusses viability of voucher systems including sectarian schools. Voucher plans' constitutionality may be enhanced by incorporating characteristics such as universal availability, allocation using neutral criteria, and "opting out" clauses. The Supreme Court's ruling in "Santa Fe" may squelch district policies condoning…

Explores issues about the fairness of the present arrangement barring public support for private religious schools, showing that the arrangement is based on a consensus formed during the 1920s that established a strong conceptual separation between public and private, where religious schooling is relegated to the private sector, and cautioning…