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A religious school is a school that either has a religious component in its operations or its curriculum, or exists primarily for the purpose of teaching aspects of a particular religion. For children
Christian parochial schools are called "church schools" or "Christian schools." In addition to schools run by Christian organizations, there are also religious schools affiliated with Jewish, Muslim, and other groups; however, these are not usually called "parochial" because of the term's historical association with Christian parishes.
Some families believe supplementary religious education is inadequate, and send their children to private religious schools, called parochial schools when Catholic, day schools or yeshivas when Jewish. Many faiths also offer private college and graduate-level religious schools or seminaries, some of which are accredited as colleges.
By the time of 1964–1965, Catholic schools accounted for nearly 89% of all private school attendance and 12% of all school-age children in school (K-12) in the USA. The number of religious (priests, brothers, and sisters) was at its highest, allowing schools to offer qualified teachers at minimal costs, meaning that most children in the 1940s ...
Rapert called the court's evolving view on religion in public life a "great opportunity." If new laws on religion and public schools are challenged at the Supreme Court, it will have to answer ...
Religious schools in the United States by state or territory (23 C) * Lists of religious schools in the United States (3 C, 6 P) B. Buddhist schools in the United ...
Supporters. Religious charters could help save the public school system “Opinion on public education is souring. … Those concerned about the diaspora from traditional public education should ...
Religious schools by country (81 C) Secondary schools by religion (1 C) * Lists of religious schools (4 C, 5 P) B. Buddhist schools (3 C, 14 P) C. Christian schools ...