|
|
Article: From battleground to common ground: religion in the public schools doesn't need to be a flash point for controversy if your district has crafted policies and exercises them.(Cover story)
- Article from:
- School Administrator
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 American Association of School Administrators. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
When school leaders ask how they should handle religion in public schools, religious liberty attorney Oliver Thomas begins his answer with this advice: "The time to buy the fire truck is before the fire."
As simple as that may sound, it's actually a tough sell in many school districts across the nation. And I should know because Thomas, a former school board member in Tennessee, and I have spent much of the past 20 years trying to persuade school leaders to be proactive on issues involving religion and religious liberty.
From northern California to southern Florida, we encounter far too many superintendents who are reluctant to touch religion with the ...