Religion News Service columnist discusses Texas' newly adopted rules for teaching about the Bible in public schools.

The Puritans saw the Plymouth Colony as their promised land. That is why so many places in New England bear biblical names: ...

Aren’t we doing to Jewish people what we would not want done to us?” asked retiring State Board of Education member Pat Hardy ...

Christian nationalists have set up a test case on whether courts will allow them to destroy one of our country’s founding principles.

We have new details on a plan that could make lessons about the bible part of your child’s school day. The State Board of ...

School districts can choose their own lesson plans, but the state will offer an incentive of $60 per student to districts ...

While Bible-based lessons will not be mandatory, schools that incorporate them will receive additional funding. Boosters say ...

The curriculum’s approval was supported by Republican state leaders Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker ...

Texas approves an optional Bible-based curriculum for elementary schools, causing debate over religious inclusion in ...

Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state ...

The board, which is composed of 10 Republicans and five Democrats, narrowly passed the new curriculum in a vote of 8-7.