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Hardy, Lawrence – American School Board Journal, 1998
Many school districts in the South have been quietly teaching the Bible for years. A court case in Fort Myers, Florida, ended up splitting the community along religious and political lines. The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University has sponsored seminars on how to address religion in public school classrooms. (MLF)
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation, Curriculum
Download full textMuir, Mike – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2005
Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish parochial schools have always had religious studies as part of their curriculum, but there has been the question about whether public schools can also. "In 1962 two U.S. Supreme Court cases (Abington School District vs. Schempp and Engle vs. Vitale) prohibited the practice of Bible reading in public schools.…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Public Schools, Religion, Religious Education
