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Colby, Kimberlee Wood – Momentum, 1993
Describes two avenues for students in public schools to participate in religious activities and presents a brief legal history of religion in the public domain. Suggests that students may form extracurricular religious groups or take advantage of school release time programs sponsored by local churches to further their religious education. (MAB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities, Laws, Public Education
Adam, Hilary; Martinez, Chris – 1987
This paper examines four issues related to religion and the public schools: (1) released-time education; (2) variations in interpretation of court decisions; (3) teacher attitudes toward religious instruction; and (4) freedom of religious expression. Released-time education programs were held to be constitutional in "Zorach v. Clauson."…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Download full textMcCarthy, Martha M. – 1988
This policy paper focuses on religious challenges to the public school curriculum, specifically those involving claims that public schools are prompting "secular humanism"--an allegedly antitheistic creed that places human reason above divine guidance. While some courts have recognized that "secular humanism" may be considered…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Ehrhardt, Cathryn – Updating School Board Policies, 1990
Politics and sex are regular entrees on the school curriculum menu, but since the Supreme Court's 1960s revival of the "wall of separation" between church and state, religion has been censored from the curriculum as well as from the school routine. The free exercise of religion, guaranteed by the First Amendment, is accommodated in U.S. school…
Descriptors: Church Role, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Freedom
Ericsson, Samuel E.; And Others – 1982
This paper presents arguments in favor of, and legal and constitutional guidelines for, religious released time education programs as a workable counterbalance for those concerned with the trend toward secularism in public education. The guidelines are necessarily general, because laws regarding the authority of school districts to adopt released…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Martin, George B. – 1980
In response to recent controversy surrounding the relationship between religion and public education, this bulletin offers an examination of past and present conflicts and the legal status of each. A great diversity of religious beliefs is part of our national heritage. Conflicts resulting from differing views on the role of religion in education…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Dual Enrollment, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
