ABSTRACT
Many schools are operated by free enterprise or voluntary associations, including churches. Churches in the United States draw no financial support from the state. Churches are financed through tithes and gifts from their members and friends. The expansion of Jewish day schools is warmly debated in American Jewish circles. Many schools launched by churches were incorporated into the developing public school system. The curricular patterns of church institutions were found similar to those of other undergraduate colleges, with Roman Catholics and conservative Protestant groups having higher requirements in religion and philosophy. A number of research approaches are being made by the churches to their educational tasks. The issue of aid to church-related institutions comes up in all discussions of federal aid to education. The programmes of 'released time' are operated by churches for pupils whose parents ask for them to be excused in order to receive religious instruction in a nearby church or other facility.
