WASHINGTON, Ill. – The class valedictorian was booed and another student was applauded for holding a moment of silence after a judge barred prayer at Washington Community High School's graduation. A ...

Student-led graduation messages, which opponents call official school prayer in thin disguise, may continue in Jacksonville, Fla., high schools. The Supreme Court said Monday it will not review a ...

School officials in Lake City, Ark., have come up with a novel solution to the fight over prayer at graduation: No prayer, no graduation. On May 6, the school board voted to cancel sixth-grade ...

School officials in Lake City, Arkansas have come up with a novel solution to the fight over prayer at graduation: No prayer, no graduation. On May 6, the school board voted to cancel sixth-grade ...

A student-led prayer went on at a central Kentucky high school graduation, despite the opposition of at least six students. Lincoln County High School 2013 Class President Jonathan Hardwick received a ...

An Irmo High School graduate has sued to stop prayers at future graduation ceremonies.Eighteen-year-old Matthew Nielson sued to block prayer, saying the invocation offered at his ceremony amounted to ...

Each May, graduation ceremonies are an exciting opportunity to celebrate the hard work of your friends, family and fellow students, and some people may feel moved to honor the occasion with a prayer.

An atheist at Lincoln County High School in Kentucky expressed discomfort — and a threat to sue — over a student-led prayer during graduation ceremonies. The prayer, from 2013 graduating class ...

Public school commencement season this spring could be marked by renewed legal uncertainty because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to review a Florida school district’s policy allowing student ...

A federal appeals court judge will hear oral arguments Tuesday in an appeal by the American Humanist Association to a U.S. District Court ruling last year that partially upheld the practice of prayer ...

A federal judge on Friday blocked a southern Kentucky high school from including prayers in its graduation ceremony, prompting students to begin reciting the Lord’s Prayer during the opening remarks.