Teaching Religion In Public Schools

Teaching religion in schools has been deemed taboo by many Americans for fear of coercing students to believe in a certain religion. Although the Supreme Court has ruled religion is unconstitutional to be preached, it is constitutional to teach about religion. Religion can be taught since it is unavoidable in the classes dealing with history, literature, or art. Although, religion can be taught informationally in other classes, there are rarely any public schools due to fear of the negative publicity the school may receive. Many private schools who have the ability to teach religion, rather than teach about religion still choose not to do so.
I have chosen to write about this topic because I attended a catholic school for my high school education. …show more content…
My beliefs have stayed the same and I have acknowledged the negatives to my proposal, yet I believe those disagreements are still fear of the unknown. The people who are in fear of the idea of religion being taught in public schools are mostly people who either do not understand the benefits of the education, are discriminant of the religions that may be taught, or are in fear of their child being corrupted. The databases I have found the most useful are the “Education Research Complete” database and the “Education Source” database, because they focused on education within schools. The “Religion and Philosophy Collection” database did not give the results expected because it focused on religious teachings, not teaching about religion. Within my research, I have found many sources on my topic. My only downfall I have found is there is only one or two arguments that can be refuted in just a few ways. I can expand on these topics, but I am afraid I will end up repeating myself a lot throughout the paper. A solution to this may be to explore different ways students may perceive the class and other viewpoints throughout