Download or read book The Rights of Religious Persons in Public Education written by John W. Whitehead and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows parents, students, teachers and administrators how to implement policies that will allow the free expression of religious views in public schools.
Download or read book Law Education and the Place of Religion in Public Schools written by Charles Russo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents a comparative, cross-cultural analysis of the legal status of religion in public education in eighteen different nations while offering recommendations for the future improvement of religious education in public schools. Offering rich, analytical insights from a range of renowned scholars with expertise in law, education, and religion, this volume provides detailed consideration of legal complexities impacting the place of religion and religious education in public education. The volume pays attention to issues of national and international relevance including the separation of the church and state; public funding of religious education; the accommodation of students’ devotional needs; and compulsory religious education. The volume thus highlights the increasingly complex interplay of religion, law, and education in diverse educational settings and cultures across developing and developed nations. Providing a valuable contribution to the field of religious secondary education research, this volume will be of interest to researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in religion and law, international and comparative education, and those involved with educational policy at all levels. Those more broadly interested in moral and values education will also benefit from the discussions the book contains.
Download or read book Religious Expression in Public Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Religion and the Public Schools written by Marc D. Stern and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-02 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what the law is on common religious liberty and church-state questions in the public school context. Covers: prayer in the schools; teaching about religion; use of classroom space for student-initiated religious activities; holiday observances; released time programs; physical facilities; dual enrollment; distribution of Gideon bibles or religious literature; scientific creationism; curriculum content; secular humanism; compulsory attendance and religious holidays; dress codes; vaccination requirements; and teachers' rights and responsibilities.
Download or read book Parents Rights Concerning Religious Observances in Public Schools written by Constance Thulisile Destiny Malatji and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion plays a significant role among people. Human beings have always turned to religion for answers to critical questions about life such as reasons for existence. Religious beliefs also inform people's conceptions about morality and justice. However, religion is also a very controversial topic. It has both the potential to divide or unite nations. Hence, the global view of religious freedom as a fundamental human right. Among contestations involving religious freedom is the issue of parents' primary right to determine religious observances for their children at public schools. A right which is protected internationally, by among others, Article 5 of the 1981 Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion and Belief; Article 26(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948); and Article 18 (4) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (1966). These covenants emphasise the inalienable right of parents to have their children educated in accordance with their own religious convictions or beliefs. In South Africa, this a priori right of parents is protected by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Gov. za, 2017); and the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 (SASA), respectively. Section 15(2) of the Constitution provides for religious observances to be conducted at public schools provided that such observances follow rules made by the appropriate public authorities; are conducted on an equitable basis; and, attendance at them is free and voluntary. The South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 (SASA) entrusts the authority to determine such rules to parents through the School Governing Body (SGB). However, the National Policy on Religion and Education (2003) has generated much confusion around the issue of religious observances, because it imposes a multi-faith approach to religious observances in public schools. It was therefore, rejected by many who viewed it as a usurpation of parents' rights, and an imposition of secularism on schools, while embraced by others, who perceived it as a welcome relief from what they perceived to be learner indoctrination in public schools. The apparent confusion generated by the policy resulted in SGBs adopting a laissez-faire attitude towards religious observances policy design at public schools. For example, some SGBs banished all forms of religious observances from their schools, while others continued with the pre-democracy status quo of single faith religious observances. Against this backdrop, the object of this study was to determine the constructions of SGB members, particularly, parents, on how they realise their constitutionally mandated function of determining religious observances policy at public schools, given such a confusion riddled environment.
Download or read book Religion in Public Education written by David E. Engel and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Religious Schools v Children s Rights written by James G. Dwyer and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despair over the reported inadequacies of public education leads many people to consider religious schools as an alternative. James G. Dwyer demonstrates, however, that religious schooling is almost completely unregulated and that common pedagogical practices in fundamentalist Christian and Catholic schools may be damaging to children. He presents evidence of excessive restriction of children's basic liberties, stifling of intellectual development, the instilling of dogmatic and intolerant attitudes, as well as the infliction of psychological and emotional harms, including excessive guilt and repression and, especially among girls, diminished self-esteem. Courts, legal and political theorists, and the public typically argue that families and religious communities are entitled to raise their children as they see fit and that the state must remain neutral on religious matters. Dwyer proposes an alternative framework for state policy regarding religious schooling and other child-rearing practices, urging that the focus always be on what is best, from a secular perspective, for the affected children. He argues that the children who attend religious schools have a right to adequate state regulation and oversight of their education. States are obligated to ensure that such schools do not engage in harmful practices and that they provide their students with the training necessary for pursuit of a broad range of careers and for full citizenship in a pluralistic, democratic society.
Download or read book Defending Religious Diversity in Public Schools written by Nathan Kollar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-22 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume shows how and why our public schools should prepare to understand and deal with religious diversity in the United States and the world. Defending Religious Diversity in Public Schools: A Practical Guide for Building Our Democracy and Deepening Our Education makes a powerful case for exposing students to the multiplicity of faiths practiced in the United States and around the world—then offers a range of practical solutions for promoting religious understanding and tolerance in the school environment. Nathan Kollar's timely volume centers on the common issues associated with respecting religion in people's lives, including religious identities, the religious rights of students, bullying and other acts of intolerance, and legal perspectives on what should and should not happen in the classroom. It then focuses on the skills teachers, counselors, and administrators need to master to address those issues, including forming an advocacy coalition, listening, cultural analysis, conflict resolution, institutional development, choosing a leader, and keeping up to date with all the latest research developments from both the legal and educational communities.
Download or read book Does God Belong in Public Schools written by Kent Greenawalt and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controversial Supreme Court decisions have barred organized school prayer, but neither the Court nor public policy exclude religion from schools altogether. In this book, one of America's leading constitutional scholars asks what role religion ought to play in public schools. Kent Greenawalt explores many of the most divisive issues in educational debate, including teaching about the origins of life, sex education, and when--or whether--students can opt out of school activities for religious reasons. Using these and other case studies, Greenawalt considers how to balance the country's constitutional commitment to personal freedoms and to the separation of church and state with the vital role that religion has always played in American society. Do we risk distorting students' understanding of America's past and present by ignoring religion in public-school curricula? When does teaching about religion cross the line into the promotion of religion? Tracing the historical development of religion within public schools and considering every major Supreme Court case, Greenawalt concludes that the bans on school prayer and the teaching of creationism are justified, and that the court should more closely examine such activities as the singing of religious songs and student papers on religious topics. He also argues that students ought to be taught more about religion--both its contributions and shortcomings--especially in courses in history. To do otherwise, he writes, is to present a seriously distorted picture of society and indirectly to be other than neutral in presenting secularism and religion. Written with exemplary clarity and even-handedness, this is a major book about some of the most pressing and contentious issues in educational policy and constitutional law today.
Download or read book Menora V Illinois High School Association written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook on the Legal Rights and Responsibilities of School Personnel and Students in the Areas of Moral and Civic Education and Teaching about Religion written by California. Moral Guidelines Implementation Committee and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Religion Public Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spurgeon s Sermons written by Charles Haddon Spurgeon and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book School Prayer and Discrimination written by Frank S. Ravitch and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Frank Ravitch has written a fine book, one that offers a fair and thorough treatment of a difficult and vexing political and constitutional issue." Law and Politics Book Review
Download or read book A Legal Guide to Religion and Public Education written by Benjamin B. Sendor and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, an update of the 1988 edition, gives readers a basic grasp of the general legal principles controlling the role of religion in public education with the goal of applying those principles to typical church/state issues. Chapter 1 offers the background of general legal principles needed to understand specific church/state issues. Chapter 2 examines student religious activities, including prayer, religious clubs, display of religious symbols, holiday observances, and distribution of religious literature. Chapter 3 considers religious objections to secular activities, such as pledging allegiance to the flag. Chapter 4 helps to distinguish between courses about religion and those disseminating religious beliefs, and offers advice on teaching evolution, sex education, and other topics frequently of concern to religious groups. Chapter 5 surveys religious activities of school personnel, such as apparel and religious leave. Chapter 6 explores other religious activity on school grounds, such as use of facilities by outside groups. In every chapter the effect of specific legal decisions is made clear. Appendices include the Equal Access Act and a map of the geographic areas of federal judicial circuits, to show the area in which a federal appellate court decision applies. There is a general index and an index of cases. (RKJ)
Download or read book The Schoolhouse Gate written by Justin Driver and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice An award-winning constitutional law scholar at the University of Chicago (who clerked for Judge Merrick B. Garland, Justice Stephen Breyer, and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor) gives us an engaging and alarming book that aims to vindicate the rights of public school students, which have so often been undermined by the Supreme Court in recent decades. Judicial decisions assessing the constitutional rights of students in the nation’s public schools have consistently generated bitter controversy. From racial segregation to unauthorized immigration, from antiwar protests to compulsory flag salutes, from economic inequality to teacher-led prayer—these are but a few of the cultural anxieties dividing American society that the Supreme Court has addressed in elementary and secondary schools. The Schoolhouse Gate gives a fresh, lucid, and provocative account of the historic legal battles waged over education and illuminates contemporary disputes that continue to fracture the nation. Justin Driver maintains that since the 1970s the Supreme Court has regularly abdicated its responsibility for protecting students’ constitutional rights and risked transforming public schools into Constitution-free zones. Students deriving lessons about citizenship from the Court’s decisions in recent decades would conclude that the following actions taken by educators pass constitutional muster: inflicting severe corporal punishment on students without any procedural protections, searching students and their possessions without probable cause in bids to uncover violations of school rules, random drug testing of students who are not suspected of wrongdoing, and suppressing student speech for the viewpoint it espouses. Taking their cue from such decisions, lower courts have upheld a wide array of dubious school actions, including degrading strip searches, repressive dress codes, draconian “zero tolerance” disciplinary policies, and severe restrictions on off-campus speech. Driver surveys this legal landscape with eloquence, highlights the gripping personal narratives behind landmark clashes, and warns that the repeated failure to honor students’ rights threatens our basic constitutional order. This magisterial book will make it impossible to view American schools—or America itself—in the same way again.
Download or read book Making Sense of Religion in America s Public Schools written by David Gibbs III and published by Primedia E-launch LLC. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1947, the United States Supreme Court took a sharp left turn in its interpretation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as it was applied to public schools in America. Since then, students, teachers, school officials, parents, and local religious leaders have been struggling to understand the parameters of the Establishment Clause as it relates to religious expression in public schools. This resource is intended to help individuals understand their rights to exercise their faith in the public school arena. It is also designed to help families, students, teachers, school officials, and community leaders sort through the current legal maze of religious expression in America’s public schools.
