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Leader of Church of England had faced pressure since damning report on cover-up of John Smyth’s abuse

Multiple victims of abuse have come forward to call for the Archbishop to stand down

Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s, called for all senior clergy ‘that did nothing but knew what was going on’ to stand down.

Archbishop of Canterbury has ‘lost confidence of his clergy’ over scandal, vicar warns

The charter school movement has seen many recent Supreme Court victories widening their scope to faith-based education, but some ambiguities remain.

At the close of its recent term the Supreme Court ruled on the cases of Carson v. Makin and Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, rekindling controversy over one of the most enduring issues in American history: religious liberty. Another of this term’s blockbuster decisions, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,…

In Carson v. Makin, the Chief Justice stealthily eliminated the status/use distinction.

The article explains why the Supreme Court was right to hold that state voucher programs can’t discriminate against “sectarian” religious schools and addresses various objections.

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

In an extremely important church-and-state decision, the Supreme Court has held that if the state of Maine decides to pay for a child’s private education in lieu of a public one, it must allow its tuition money to be used at religious schools. The 6-3 decision, Carson v. Makin, profoundly…

For nearly three-quarters of a century, one issue in education has come up before the Supreme Court more than any other: disputes over religion.