Does God Belong in Public Schools?
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: April 16, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780691130651
Subjects: Organization & management of education; Social law; Education; Education / Teaching; USA; Administration - General; Educational; Educational Policy & Reform; Education / Educational Reform; Law; Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Sociology; Aims & Objectives
First sentence: AS WE HAVE SEEN, although American public schools have continually aimed to educate children to be moral persons and good citizens, the place of religion has undergone a fundamental shift: from colonial times to the mid-twentieth century, primary and secondary education became increasingly public, universal, and secular.