Teacher uses 40-year-old law to withdraw from teaching religion

A primary school teacher has used a conscience clause in a 40-year-old law to withdraw from teaching religious education (RE) ...
American Enterprise Institute

What Would Religious Charter Schools Mean for American Education?

St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond is a sleeper case coming before the Supreme Court this spring with potentially enormous ramifications for education across the country. The ...
National Catholic Register

Religious Education Experts: Bursary Cut Is ‘Huge Blow’ to Catholic Schools in UK

The cuts are also expected to affect both the mission and the leadership of Catholic schools. Religious education teacher and author Andy Lewis, assistant principal at St. Bonaventure Catholic ...
WESA

Justices Rule Teachers At Religious Schools Aren't Protected By Fair Employment Laws

The U.S. Supreme Court has carved out a major exception to the nation's fair employment laws. In a 7-2 vote, the court ruled on Wednesday that the country's civil rights laws barring discrimination on ...
SCOTUSblog

Religious schools and religious rites

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.
Belfast Live on MSN

Northern Ireland teacher first in a decade to opt out of teaching religious education

He was prompted to opt out after a recent Supreme Court ruling that NI's exclusively Christian RE amounted to "indoctrination ...