emyandpotato
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Quick question; do you have religious schools? As in, schools only for children of one religion or denomination? Just need some background for an assignment.
Thanks. Are they very common, particularly for non-Christian religions? Are there Sikh schools, Jewish schools etc? In the Catholic school, was the religious education, science and English taught only in a Catholic way (no mention of evolution, for example)?
Under U.S. law, religious education is forbidden in public schools, except from a neutral, academic perspective.[15] For a teacher or school administration to endorse one religion is considered an infringement of the "establishment clause" of the First Amendment. The boundaries of this rule are frequently tested, with court cases challenging the treatment of traditional religious holidays, displays of religious articles and documents such as the Ten Commandments, the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance (which since 1954 has described the U.S. as "one nation under God"), and how prayer should be accommodated in the classroom.
Am I right in thinking evolution can't be taught in some states?? Or is it private schools that have to opt for that as they don't have an established religion? They have denomination specific universities in the US.