I am always leery when giving advice to others. When I do give it, I caution them that it’s nothing more than the wisdom of a fool. However, the following are ideas mentioned in the textbook as ways to create a democratic, learning community for students. They are as follows:
• Involve students regularly in developmentally appropriate ways in shared decision making that gives them ownership in helping to create the vibe of the classroom.
• Allow students a platform where their opinions and thoughts are valued
• Create support systems that demand high expectations by building upon the classroom community and holding them accountable to be respectful and responsible classroom stakeholders.
• Stress the importance of the democratic classroom …show more content…
I will briefly describe each below, and I will discuss some issues and their current resolution to them.
• Private Freedoms: Religion and Compulsory School Attendance- In early American education attendance wasn’t strictly enforced. However, today compulsory attendance is strictly upheld thanks to laws like No Child Left Behind. In the past, parochial schools feared mandatory school attendance laws would ruin them. Some filed lawsuits seeking to have those laws ruled unconstitutional. Courts affirmed that parents had to the rights to choose to send their children to either public or private religious schools.
• Private Freedoms: The Practice of Religious Beliefs in Classrooms- The debate of religious beliefs in the classroom have been part of the question of loyalty to the United States and the debate about the role of the state to protect a citizen’s rights to equality. Religious practices in public schools weren’t issues in the beginning of the American educational system. They were a fundamental part of public schooling. Stakeholders in schools frequently said school prayers and read the Bible aloud. However, over time some people started to complain about any religious connotation within the public school arena. The majority of people today still can’t correctly wrap their head around what “separation of church and state” means. This will …show more content…
Many states and the Supreme Court ruled divergently on the issue of released time for religious instruction. The Supreme Court ruled in 1952 that students could leave the building for religious teaching because under the First Amendment the school didn’t actively promote a sectarian form of instruction and no public funds were used for it. The issues of school led prayers are still being debated today. You will find this a hot topic in any school, community, or
• Involve students regularly in developmentally appropriate ways in shared decision making that gives them ownership in helping to create the vibe of the classroom.
• Allow students a platform where their opinions and thoughts are valued
• Create support systems that demand high expectations by building upon the classroom community and holding them accountable to be respectful and responsible classroom stakeholders.
• Stress the importance of the democratic classroom …show more content…
I will briefly describe each below, and I will discuss some issues and their current resolution to them.
• Private Freedoms: Religion and Compulsory School Attendance- In early American education attendance wasn’t strictly enforced. However, today compulsory attendance is strictly upheld thanks to laws like No Child Left Behind. In the past, parochial schools feared mandatory school attendance laws would ruin them. Some filed lawsuits seeking to have those laws ruled unconstitutional. Courts affirmed that parents had to the rights to choose to send their children to either public or private religious schools.
• Private Freedoms: The Practice of Religious Beliefs in Classrooms- The debate of religious beliefs in the classroom have been part of the question of loyalty to the United States and the debate about the role of the state to protect a citizen’s rights to equality. Religious practices in public schools weren’t issues in the beginning of the American educational system. They were a fundamental part of public schooling. Stakeholders in schools frequently said school prayers and read the Bible aloud. However, over time some people started to complain about any religious connotation within the public school arena. The majority of people today still can’t correctly wrap their head around what “separation of church and state” means. This will …show more content…
Many states and the Supreme Court ruled divergently on the issue of released time for religious instruction. The Supreme Court ruled in 1952 that students could leave the building for religious teaching because under the First Amendment the school didn’t actively promote a sectarian form of instruction and no public funds were used for it. The issues of school led prayers are still being debated today. You will find this a hot topic in any school, community, or