Zainab Chaudry

Muslim groups say their religious holidays belong on school calendars alongside Jewish and Christian holidays that many districts take off.

How to avoid closing your school for Muslim holidays — end Christian and Jewish ones, too

November 15, 2014Education

Public schools in Montgomery Country, Maryland, recently ended all religious holidays — at least in name — rather than adding Muslim ones to the school calendar. But is the practice of giving religious holidays off in public schools even legal in the first place?