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• School Makes Teen Reveal Pregnancy

  How far should a school go to get help for a pregnant teen? A mom in Texas says her daughter's school crossed a line when they forced the girl to reveal her pregnancy to staff, then sent her for medical testing and counseling. Read More... Posted May 25 2009, 02:01 PM by JeanneSager with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, education, Pro-choice, counseling, private school, Jeanne Sager, pro-life, pregnant teens, religious education, Christian school

• Catholic High School Kicks out Catholicism

  If you're paying to send your teenager to Catholic school, what do you do when the school decides to go "un-Catholic?" Parents of students at the Northern Virginia Notre Dame Academy have been notified that the private school will cease following the rules of the Arlington County archdiocese in an effort to make the school more financially viable.  But parents who paid tuition so their kids could go to Catholic school are mad - and not just the Catholic ones. Read More... Posted Dec 02 2008, 03:32 PM by JeanneSager with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: education, school, high school, Catholicism, catholic school, Jeanne Sager, religious education, catholics, parochial schools, religious schools

• Bush Wants to Fund Religious Schools with Your Tax Money

  The White House Domestic Policy Council issued a report last week, called “Preserving a Critical National Asset: America’s Disadvantaged Students and the Crisis in Faith-based Urban Schools”  Among other things, the report calls for considerable increases of public funding to private, religiously affiliated schools through vouchers, tax credits and other forms of tax aid at both federal and state levels.  it also recommends the establishment of religious charter schools. Read More... Posted Oct 14 2008, 09:30 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 30 comment(s) Filed under: public schools, first amendment, private schools, george w bush, Shannon LC Cate, religious school, Public money for private education, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, home schooling, religious education