The Bible and Public Schools

General Resources

American Academy of Religion, Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in K-12 Schools (2010)

Anti-Defamation League, “Religion in the Curriculum”

The Bible and Interpretation, Teaching the Bible in Public Schools and Higher Ed

First Amendment Center and Bible Literacy Project, The Bible & Public Schools: A First Amendment Guide (1999)

National Association for Music Education, “Sacred Music in Schools (Position Statement)” (1996)

National Council for the Social Studies, “Religious Studies Companion Document for the C3 Framework” (2017)

National Council for the Social Studies, “The Study of Religion in the Social Studies Curriculum” (2021)

People for the American Way,  The Good Book Taught Wrong: ‘Bible History’ Classes in Florida’s Public Schools (2000)

Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute, A National Summit on Religion and Education (2019)

Society of Biblical Literature, Bible Electives in Public Schools: A Guide (2020)

 

Texas Freedom Network Education Fund Reports

Can This Class Be Saved? The “Hobby Lobby” Bible Curriculum (Austin: Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, 2014).

Reading, Writing & Religion II: Texas Public School Bible Courses in 2011-12 (Austin: Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, 2013).

Reading, Writing & Religion: Teaching the Bible in Texas Public Schools (Austin: Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, 2006).

The Bible and Public Schools: Report on the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (Austin: Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, 2005).

Other TFNEF Reports

 

Organizations

Religion and Public Education Project at Californian State University Chico

Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School

Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute

Society of Biblical Literature

 

Court Cases

Abington Township v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963)

Doe v. Porter (E. D. Tenn. 2002)

Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987)

Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97 (1968)

Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)

Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (M. D. Penn, 2005)

McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203 (1948)

Moreno v. Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees Complaint

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Crockett v. Sorenson (W. D. Va.1983)

Doe v. Human (W. D. Ark. 1989)

Gibson v. Lee County (M. D. Florida 1998)

Hall v. Board of School Commissioners of Conecuh County (Fifth Circuit, 1981)

Herdahl v. Pontotoc County School District (N. D. Miss. 1996)

Vaughn v. Reed (W. D. Va. 1970) Wiley v. Franklin (E. D. Tenn. 1979, 1980)

Wiley v. Franklin (E. D. Tenn. 1979, 1980)