Title: When Are Faith and Religion Allowed in Public Schools? | Teach 4 the Heart
Headings: When Are Faith and Religion Allowed in Public Schools?
When Are Faith and Religion Allowed in Public Schools?
What Does the Constitution Say?
What does it mean to “establish” a religion?
Students’ Rights
How to Legally Share Your Faith in the Public School
Resources for Further Study

Content: Literature, for example, contains a plethora of Biblical allusions that cannot be readily understood without understanding the Biblical reference. So don’t shy away from these opportunities, thinking for some reason that they’re not allowed. They are wonderful opportunities to enrich your students’ education and to bring up important topics of faith and religion in a right and legal way. ( And remember, if students as a result of these conversations ask you what you think, you are allowed to answer them openly – as long as you don’t try to convert them.) This list is extremely helpful in understanding how you can properly teach religion in your public school classroom (taken from A Teachers’ Guide to Religion in the Public School )
The school’s approach to religion is academic, not devotional. The school strives for student awareness of religions, but does not press for student acceptance of any religion. The school sponsors study about religion, not the practice of
The school may expose students to a diversity of religious views, but may not impose any particular
The school educates about all religions; it does not promote or denigrate
The school informs students about various beliefs; it does not seek to conform students to any particular belief
Supervise religions clubs, See You at the Pole, Good News Clubs, etc. Many schools have religious clubs that are student-led but need faculty advisors.