Gaps In The Legal Application Of Religion In Public Schools

Name: Course: Professor: Date: EECE For decades, the confusion about religion in public schools has become an endless debate. The two extreme sides of the inclusion of religion in public schools seem to cause confusion among stakeholders. One side advocate for promoting a specific religion as part of school practice, while the other side proposes public schools to remain religion-free zones. An article by Charles Haynes titled, A Teacher's Guide to Religion in the Public Schools, answers legal questions about religion and public schools. The article provides numerous examples when discussing the gaps existing in legal application of religion in public schools. He calls for stakeholders like teachers, school administrators and policymakers and parents to find ways of addressing ways of applying the First Amendment fairly and justly instead of relying on the law. Although state frameworks and education standards do not provide clear guidelines for teachers on how to teach religion in public school, several quotes in the article offer insight on how a teacher ca...