Religion, though, is a bramble patch for the classroom teacher, who rarely gets adequate guidance. A new web site for educators focuses on teachers entering or caught in this thicket. The site provides background basics on world religions, but it takes a different slant on the bramble patch. Site material spurs teachers to focus on pluralism and civic justice. Paul Geisert and Mynga Futrell.
Public schools serve all students.
It s important to be sensitive to constitutional implications. Public school teachers by law must treat religion as an academic topic. That may sound simple, but it generates dilemmas. The issues touch parents and students as well as school personnel, and they extend well beyond the school community. Secularists envision breaching of the wall of separation of church and state.