For Immediate Release Contact: Merrill Miller, 202-238-9088 ext. 105, merrillmiller@americanhumanist.org (Tallahassee, FL, Aug. 25, 2016)—The American Humanist Association urges the Leon County School District in Tallahassee, Florida, to continue providing elementary students with forms allowing them to opt out of participating in the Pledge of Allegiance, rather than withdrawing them in response to complaints by conservative commentators. In a letter sent to Leon County Scho

For Immediate Release Contact: Monica Miller, 202-238-9088 ext. 120, mmiller@americanhumanist.org David Niose, legal director, 202-238-9088 ext. 119, dniose@americanhumanist.org (Roselle Park, NJ, Aug. 19, 2016)—The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center condemns the council members of Roselle Park, New Jersey, for voting to keep an unconstitutional Christian veterans display in front of the public library. “By voting in favor of this religious displa

This post originally appeared on TheHumanist.com Public schools are supposed to teach kids to think critically, right? Students should be learning to apply rational analysis, assessing evidence, and reaching logical conclusions with the knowledge they’ve accumulated and the intellectual skills they’ve developed. Isn’t that what education is all about? Unfortunately, one of the ironies of life for many young Americans is that their public schools do just the opposite. Conformi