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Protecting Freedom of Religion—or Avoiding It? Rethinking the First Amendment
I have sat in a public school library watching two students bow their heads over lunch. No one stopped them. No one clapped either. Ten feet away, another group…
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On a Tuesday morning in late September, I sat in the back of a fourth grade classroom while the teacher guided the group through a short routine. Hands on heart…
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A few springs ago, a high school principal I know faced a storm over a 3-by-5 American flag draped on the back of a student’s pickup. After a minor confrontatio…
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Dawn breaks, the birds stir, and there is a hush that lives in the breath before sunlight. I have raised the Stars and Stripes in fog, in desert heat, and in th…
Read more about Because It’s Patriotic: The Everyday Power of Flying the American FlagWhy Flying One Flag Sparks Outrage While Others Are Celebrated
Walk into a high institution as of late and your eyes test more than posters about prom and geometry proofs. You may possibly see a Pride flag in a counselor’s …
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I have crossed the country enough times to know that the flag shows up where you least expect it. It rides behind a rusted motorcycle somewhere outside Moab, sn…
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A few years ago, the principal of a midsize high school called me about a brewing fight over flags. A handful of students had started hanging large US flags fro…
Read more about Ban the US Flag? What Schools Are Really Teaching About PatriotismWhere Education Ends and Influence Begins: Lessons from the US Flag
The bell rings at 8:05. In a lot of classrooms, the flag hangs in the front corner, easy to miss until the Pledge comes over the speaker. Some kids stand becaus…
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