100 Years Ago_ the Supreme Court Made a Landmark Ruling on Parents’ Rights in Education ...

One Hundred Years Ago, the Klu Klux Klan Had Control Over Schools in Oklahoma and Other Red States - CovertAction Magazine

Klan norms, values, and ideals continue to shape and influence state public policy Jenks Public Schools, in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, suffered a significant budget shortfall in February 1922.  Approximately $9,000 suspiciously disappeared from the public coffers. Teachers’ salaries were in jeopardy and general operating expenses threatened to end the nine-month school year abruptly.  Under much pressure […] The post One Hundred Years Ago, the Klu …

How Much Say Should Parents Have Over What Their Kids Learn In Public Schools?

The Supreme Court made a landmark ruling in 1925 on parents’ rights in education. Today, another case — sparked by objections from Texas parents over school materials with LGBTQ+ characters — is raising big new questions.

100 years ago, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on parents ...

100 years ago, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on parents’ rights in education – today, another case raises new questions

A selection of books that are part of the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor are pictured on April, 15, 2025, in Washington. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisA century ago, the Supreme Court handed down one of its most important cases about education. On June 1, 1925, the court struck down an Oregon statute requiring all students to attend public school – a law critics argued was meant to limit faith-based schools, at a time when anti-Catholic…

100 years ago_ the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on parents’ rights in education ...

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100 Years of Parental Choice

Our friend Jeanne Allen of the Center for Education Reform called to our attention that this is the 100th anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925). In It, the high court overturned an Oregon law forbidding parents to send their children to private and religious schools and mandating they attend public schools. In the majority opinion, Justice James C. McReynolds wrote: “The child is not the mere cre…