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Public school funding could take a hit if the US Supreme Court opens the door to religious charter schools, a scholar of education law argues.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond on April 30, 2025.
We don’t ban queer teachers in public schools anymore, but it’s still allowed in some religious private schools – which the new Law Reform Commission report wants to address. What can history teach us?
Religious discrimination laws have been highly controversial in Australia in recent years. Here’s where they started, and where we are now.
Some of the measures the French government has taken to fight radicalization can do the opposite, three social scientists argue.
Using public funds to support students at private religious schools is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.
The Australian Law Reform Commission’s proposals to change federal discrimination law are sensible, clear and necessary.
Most Australians do not believe religious institutions should be allowed to discriminate against people based on the teachings of their faith.
A study identified secular teachers’ struggles working in Jewish religious schools in Australia, the US and Israel. Some teachers resigned, others adapted, and others opposed the system from inside.
Carson v. Makin, a case from Maine about aid to students attending religious schools, goes to the Supreme Court on Dec. 8, 2021.
The Religious Discrimination Bill does nothing to protect LGBTQ+ students and teachers. It will allow more, not less, discrimination by religious schools.
The big case is about abortion, but there are other very important issues before the Supreme Court – including gun rights and government funding for religious schools.
Around 100,000 LGBTQ US students study at religious institutions that can legally discriminate against them. A lawsuit seeks to end that religious exemption but faces an uphill struggle.
A higher proportion of Islamic-school students in years 11 to 12 are enrolled in science and maths than other students in Australia. But they may not all get the careers they want.
Expansion of voucher programs may leave parents with a choice between sending children to religious schools or public schools stripped of funding.
Australia is in the midst of a population boom. But Catholic school enrolments have been decreasing since 2013.
Historical accounts of Martin Luther skew or ignore debates about religion and make him hardly recognizable as a pastor and preacher. But his theology changed Europe.
Logic, science and critical thinking are working miracles for non-believers.
Religion in schools has always been contentious and especially so in Australia, where there is a commitment to secular principles.
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University
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Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
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Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University
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Victoria University
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Education Policy, Victoria University
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Professeure, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
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Professor of Sociology, Macquarie University
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Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University
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Lecturer and researcher, Adelaide University
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Sociologue, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)