The Christian Far Right Took Over a Texas School District. Parents Want it Back. ... In May 2024, approving the science curriculum was quietly slotted into the consent agenda, ...

Texas’ Christian-influenced curriculum spurs worries about bullying, church-state separation Some secular groups and members of other faiths say the curriculum could give schools too much ...

Students in Ceara Yourell's seventh grade science class at Lowell Community Charter Public School. LCCPS is receiving two grants to bolster its curriculum this fall: one will be to create a more ...

The curriculum, Nathan said, “gives Christian children the sense that their family’s religion is the only true religion, which is not appropriate for public school education, at the very least.” ...

Williamson County Schools has faced some resistance after the board adopted a new science curriculum that rejected the recommendations of a committee and most teachers within the school system.

A new curriculum would focus on Christianity more than other religions. A kindergarten lesson on the Golden Rule, for example, would teach about Jesus and his Sermon on the Mount.

What happened: The school board voted 8-1 to approve a new science program, which will be implemented for the 2025-26 school year for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

Non-Christian faiths, such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam, constitute 4% of adults, while 18% are not affiliated with any religion. Still, state leaders have increasingly pushed to grow ...