Joseph Conn
Joseph Conn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State wrote a critical review of the student text “The Bible and Its Influence.”
Category: Church & state
Elizabeth Ridenour
Elizabeth Ridenour is president of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, whose goal is to introduce a state-certified Bible elective into public high schools nationwide. See a list of its advisory board and board of directors. It’s based in Greensboro, N.C.
Textbook Censorship in Texas: A Timeline
The Texas Freedom Network offers a timeline of the battle regarding censorship of school textbooks in Texas.
“Texas picks textbooks that stress abstinence”
Read a Nov. 6, 2004, Dallas Morning News story posted by the Seattle Times about the outcome of the Texas vote.
“Democrats in 2 Southern States Push Bills on Bible Study”
Read a Jan. 27, 2006, New York Times story about when Democrats in Alabama and Georgia introduced legislation to teach the Bible in public schools.
“Teaching the Bible in Georgia’s Public Schools”
Read a March 29, 2006, New York Times story about Georgia becoming the first state to approve the Bible as a textbook.
“Education”
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life offers resources on issues involving religion and public schools.
“Student religious expression in public schools: United States Department of Education guidelines”
The U.S. Department of Education has guidelines, issued in 1998, for teaching religion in public schools.
Marshall Fitz
Marshall Fitz is the director of immigration policy for the Center for American Progress (CAP), which is a progressive independent nonpartisan educational institute. Contact Fitz through the CAP communications director Crystal Patterson or through the email form on his CAP page.