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Inclusion or Erasure: What Does Removing School Prayer Really Mean?
A few years ago I sat in a crowded gym on a Friday night while a high school football team took the field. The announcer asked for a “moment,” and the place fel…
Read more about Inclusion or Erasure: What Does Removing School Prayer Really Mean?Pledging Allegiance or Independent Thinking? Are Kids Being Taught What to Think About the American Flag—or How to Think?
The first time I watched a student remain seated during the Pledge of Allegiance, a hush fell over the classroom that felt larger than the room. Fourteen years …
Read more about Pledging Allegiance or Independent Thinking? Are Kids Being Taught What to Think About the American Flag—or How to Think?Why Is Silence About Faith Encouraged More Than Its Expression in Public Institutions?
There is a familiar moment in many American schools and city halls. A microphone flickers on, a room fills with people from every corner of the community, and s…
Read more about Why Is Silence About Faith Encouraged More Than Its Expression in Public Institutions?Pledging Allegiance or Independent Thinking? Are Kids Being Taught What to Think About the American Flag—or How to Think?
The first time I watched a student remain seated during the Pledge of Allegiance, a hush fell over the classroom that felt larger than the room. Fourteen years …
Read more about Pledging Allegiance or Independent Thinking? Are Kids Being Taught What to Think About the American Flag—or How to Think?From Pride to Permission Slips: How Schools Shape National Identity
Walk into ten public colleges and you may see ten exclusive relationships with the flag. In one, the Stars and Stripes hangs in the back of a whiteboard, somewh…
Read more about From Pride to Permission Slips: How Schools Shape National IdentityShould Schools Mirror the Community—or Redefine It? The Flag Question
Walk into a school lobby and you can read the room before anyone speaks. A flag in the corner, a poster on the wall, the morning announcements, the student proj…
Read more about Should Schools Mirror the Community—or Redefine It? The Flag QuestionStars, Stripes, and School Policy: When Values Conflict, Who Should Have the Final Say—Parents or Educators?
At a school board meeting in a town where everyone knows the color of the football field’s bleachers, I watched two neighbors argue about a library book neither…
Read more about Stars, Stripes, and School Policy: When Values Conflict, Who Should Have the Final Say—Parents or Educators?Where 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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