Navigating Religious Rights of Teachers and Students: Establishment, Accommodation, Neutrality, or Hostility?

dc.creator	Samuel J. Smith
dc.date	2007-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:01Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:01Z
dc.identifier	2159-807X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d82ebf70e1514111a680d057bcaa5577
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15696
dc.description	Despite the notion that First Amendment rights are established, valued, and respected in the United States, there continues to be confusion in public schools that leads to legal conflict over issues associated with freedoms of speech and expression, especially as they relate to religious issues. Navigating the religious rights of teachers and students can be a precarious undertaking, as administrators’ decisions regarding the expression of religious beliefs continue to be highlighted in the media and many times are resolved in the court system at great expense to school districts. The purpose of this article is to clarify religious rights issues for school administrators and school boards. What actions risk violating the establishment clause or expressing hostility toward religion? When and how is religion best accommodated while neutrality is maintained? This study traces court decisions and laws that serve to guide religious rights policies and practices. It also examines recent conflicts and the legal organizations whose mission it is to address First Amendment violations.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Liberty University
dc.relation	http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cpe/vol1/iss1/3
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2159-807X
dc.source	Christian Perspectives in Education, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2007)
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Christianity
dc.subject	BR1-1725
dc.subject	Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject	B
dc.subject	DOAJ:Religion
dc.subject	DOAJ:Philosophy and Religion
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Christianity
dc.subject	BR1-1725
dc.subject	Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject	B
dc.subject	DOAJ:Religion
dc.subject	DOAJ:Philosophy and Religion
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Christianity
dc.subject	BR1-1725
dc.subject	Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject	B
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Christianity
dc.subject	BR1-1725
dc.subject	Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject	B
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Christianity
dc.subject	BR1-1725
dc.subject	Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject	B
dc.title	Navigating Religious Rights of Teachers and Students: Establishment, Accommodation, Neutrality, or Hostility?
dc.type	article