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Inclusion or Erasure: What Does Removing School Prayer Really Mean?

A few years ago I sat in a crowded gym on a Friday night while a high school football team took the field. The announcer asked for a “moment,” and the place fell quiet. Some bowed their heads. Others stared at the flag. A few teenagers whispered and snickered, then went silent. When the whistle blew, you could feel the room exhale. Later I heard two parents arguing in the parking lot about whether that quiet pause was a prayer by another name, and whether anything like it b

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Can Students Display the U.S. Flag Without Backlash?

Schools are in which we coach information, however they may be additionally the place we rehearse the way to stay at the same time. That is why a straight forward piece of fabric can spark a hundred meetings and one thousand comments. A pupil drapes a U.S. Flag across a backpack, a teacher hangs a Pride flag in a study room, a parent emails the superintendent at 2 a.m., the board schedule grows any other controversial merchandise. Suddenly, a symbol that may want to be hand

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Faith and the Founding: Can a Nation Remove God from Public Life and Stay the Same?

A few Septembers ago, I spoke with a high school principal who kept a small ledger of “hard calls” on the corner of his desk. The pages held incidents that did not fit tidy boxes. One entry read, “Senior prayer at flagpole, 7 a.m., no staff present, parent complaint.” Another, “Benediction request for graduation, declined, board split.” He flipped between them and sighed. “I want students to feel free,” he said, “and I want every family to feel welcome. Some days it feels l

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Why Does Flying One Flag Ignite Outrage In Modern America

I have stood in front of a classroom where a single flag pinned to a corkboard felt heavier than a textbook cart. The students were the same ones who traded gum and ran laps at practice, but on the day we added the banner, the air changed. Some sat taller. Others crossed their arms. One boy, who usually slept through third period, stared at the cloth like it spoke a language he had been waiting to hear. Another girl looked at her shoes. The flag had not changed. The room ha

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Protecting Students or Policing Patriotism? The US Flag at School

A few Septembers ago, a high school administrator in a midwestern district asked for help with what sounded like a small thing. A student had started wearing a large American flag as a cape during spirit week. It was drawing attention, then pushback. A teacher worried about escalating politics in class. A parent praised the student for pride. Another called the principal to ask why a flag was allowed when the school had turned down a request to display another symbol two mo

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