A Mormon, a Catholic Christian, and a Protestant Christian college are the top three schools that have the most religious student body, according to an annual college rankings list by The Princeton Review.
In a souring economy, enrollment in private schools is dropping. South Hampton Roads, with dozens of Roman Catholic, Jewish and Protestant-run schools, has been especially vulnerable to the trend.
More than 1,000 Chicago public school students skipped the first day of classes Tuesday to protest unequal education funding, a boycott organizers said would continue through the week with help from retired teachers who will turn office lobbies into impromptu classrooms.
Texas high schools are not required to offer elective high school Bible courses under a new law adopted by the state last year, Attorney General Greg Abbott said Thursday. Questions had been raised about whether a school district was required to offer the class.