But he is among several lawmakers who have been pushing for more Chinese language education in public schools in Oregon.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

For example, the Supreme Court ruled in nineteen forty-eight that religious classes could not be taught in public schools.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

But there are not enough public schools for all the children who live in the crowded slums of Nairobi.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

In the last generation or so, different groups have encouraged public schools to celebrate diversity and cultural differences.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

For example, a program called Pittsburgh Promise offers college scholarships for graduates of the city public schools.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

Charter schools operate with public money but without many of the rules that govern traditional public schools.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

He says the plan is to also include traditional public schools as well as private schools.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

In nineteen sixty-two the Court decided that public schools could not require students to say prayers.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Two years before, the use of the Hawaiian language was banned in private and public schools.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

She graduated with honors from Chicago public schools, Princeton University and Harvard University Law School.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

Goals for what public schools should teach are set by state and local school boards.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

In Senegal, the number of public schools has doubled in the last ten years.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

Later cases ruled that teaching religious creation stories in public schools violates the First Amendment of the Constitution that calls for separation of church and state.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

"So public schools now I think understand that their role is to expose students to learning about different religions in a fair way, an objective way.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

More recently, religious groups have supported the idea of intelligent design in public schools.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

All but one are attending public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia,outside Washington.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

Students in the public schools speak more than 100 languages at home.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

He had his first music lessons in the local public schools.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

Also,public schools in the United States have reduced classical music education.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

It also included physical education teachers from Washington public schools.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

More than six million students attend California public schools.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ' Those sixteen words provide the framework for how we deal with religion in our public schools."

VOA: special.2009.12.24

Forty-seven million students attend traditional public schools.

VOA: special.2010.01.21