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Jul 17, 2024 · Published July 17. The big story: The role religion plays in public education has gained renewed attention in recent weeks, as several states have adopted laws, rules and requirements relating to ...
- jsolochek@tampabay.com
- Education Reporter
Jul 16, 2024 · As the national debate churns over the role of religion in public schools, Florida, too, stands near the center of the storm. Its law to permit chaplains in classrooms, which took effect July 1 ...
- jsolochek@tampabay.com
- Education Reporter
Mar 3, 2024 · MORE STUDENTS FOR SOME RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS. In central Florida, Mount Dora Christian Academy now has waitlists for nearly every grade, and plans to add more classes, said James Carr, interim president for the 80-year-old Church of Christ-rooted school. State scholarships now make up about half of the $10 million the school receives for tuition ...
- hmeyer@ap.org
- Religion News Editor
of government—federal, state, and local—and to all types of governmental policies and activities. See Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947) and Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940). 5 The 2010 Florida Legislature passed legislation that expressly protected First Amendment freedoms (creating s.
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- It improves brain development. A recent study found that religious children are more likely to believe fictional tales and have a tougher time separating fantasy from reality.
- It keeps kids out of trouble. For schools worried about disciplining children in the classroom, religion can help with that. Books have been written about how religion can help families cut back the “juvenile delinquency” within families, Forbes reported.
- Religious schools do better than public or charter schools. Though teaching religious classes doesn’t exactly make a school a religious one, it’s still important to note that religious schools tend to do better than public or charter schools.
- It helps kids develop psychologically. One expert said learning about religion is extremely important from a psychological standpoint for young kids. Dr. Erika J. Chopich wrote that kids need to believe in something greater to fully push themselves to excel.
Aug 23, 2024 · Under the U.S. Constitution, public schools cannot promote or advance any particular religion, and they must respect the individual religious beliefs of students and staff. What that looks like in ...
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Oct 3, 2019 · More than 55 years after the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling striking down school-sponsored prayer, Americans continue to fight over the place of religion in public schools. Questions about religion in the classroom no longer make quite as many headlines as they once did, but the issue remains an important battleground in the broader ...
