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Engel v. Vitale
First Supreme Court ruling removing even nondenominational public prayer from schools. -
Abington School District v. Schempp
The second ruling about religion in schools. This case banned corporate Scripture reading and recitation of the Lord's Prayer. (Also, according to pg. 239, the year public prayer was removed from schools). -
Epperson v. Arkansas
The Supreme Court rules that it is unconstitutional to ban the teaching of evolution in school. -
Stone v. Graham
The Court rules that posting the Ten Commandments in a public school is unconstitutional. -
Wallace v. Jaffree
The court ruled that the Alabama Statute for moments of silence was unconstitutional because it had no secular purpose, and was actually promoting religion. -
Edwards v. Aquillard
The Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the state to require teachers to teach creation science in addition to evolution, whenever evolution is taught, because this requirement had a clear religious motivation. -
Lee v. Weisman
The Court ruled that it is unconstituional for a school district to have clergy perform prayer at school functions and graduations, becuase it involves government sponsorship of worship. -
Santa Fe Independent School District v. DOE
The Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to allow student-led, student initiated prayer during football games. -
Texas State Board of Education Approves Curriculum Change
Texas State Board of Education approves a curriculum change that emphasizes conservative principles and values, such as calling the U.S. a constitutional republic, using B.C. and A.D., putting conservatives and Republicans in a more favorable light, and cenosring unpleasant parts of U.S. history.