Public School Bible Courses

The Texas Freedom Network stands with the many parents who believe Bible courses are a wonderful way to teach students about the importance of religion in history and literature. Sadly, pressure groups have hijacked a good idea. They betray the faith families place in public schools by misusing Bible courses to promote their own narrow religious beliefs over all others. Below are two TFN Education Fund reports about Bible classes in public schools. A 2006 report looks at what Texas public schools teach about the Bible. A 2005 report examines a widely marketed and deeply flawed Bible curriculum.

Reading, Writing & Religion:
Teaching the Bible in Texas Public Schools
This 2006 report from the TFN Education Fund details serious problems found in most Bible courses offered in Texas public schools. It also offers school districts recommendations about how to create courses that are academically, ethically and legally appropriate.

 TFN Press Release
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The Bible and Public Schools:
Report on the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools
This 2005 TFNEF report revealed that the country's most aggressively marketed Bible curriculum - produced by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools - inappropriately promotes the group's religious beliefs and is of poor academic quality.

 TFN Press Release
 Read the report