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Church-school teamwork helps students
By Charles Haynes When the Chicago public schools reached out to the religious community in 1996, more than 200 religious leaders showed up at the first meeting.
07.18.99
Cooperation key to helping youths
By Charles Haynes Public schools need all the help they can get these days. Confronted by every imaginable social problem and educational challenge, educators are reaching out to many community groups — including religious organizations.
07.11.99
U.S. House should honor the First Amendment this July 4
By Charles Haynes In honor of Independence Day, here's a modest proposal for the U.S. House of Representatives: Instead of telling schools to post the Ten Commandments, why not require the posting of the First Amendment in government buildings — starting with the halls of Congress? Highlight the section that prohibits government from establishing religion.
07.04.99
Witches test our religious tolerance
By Charles Haynes Most Americans are all for religious liberty — at least until it protects a religion they don't like. Then all bets are off.
06.27.99
Letting kids leave class for church fuels debate
By Charles Haynes Releasing students during the school day for religious instruction off-campus is nothing new. The practice — often called "released-time" — was declared constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court almost 50 years ago.
06.20.99
Prayer issue mars graduations
By Charles Haynes Prayer at a high school graduation sparked not one, but two protests in Calvert County, Md., last month.
06.13.99
New Age lawsuit raises serious issues
By Charles Haynes Some called the lawsuit wacky. Others thought it was a waste of time. But a federal judge just gave a partial victory to the three Catholic families who sued a New York school district for promoting New Age religion and occultism in the curriculum.
06.06.99
Battles still ahead for religious liberty in public schools
By Charles Haynes With the end of the school year in sight, it's a good time to take stock of religious liberty and public schools.
05.30.99
Lists of significant religious developments vary
By Charles Haynes Does religion still help shape world events? Or is religion something that mattered in the distant past but no longer influences the direction of history and society?
05.23.99
U.N. misses the point in U.S. religion study
By Charles Haynes If you want to 'see ourselves as others see us,' read the new report from the United Nations on the state of religious liberty in the United States.
05.16.99
Schools have important role in preventing another Littleton
By Charles Haynes Even before the last funeral in Littleton, the finger-pointing was already fast and furious. Who's to blame?
05.09.99
Limits on school prayer protect rights of all people
By Charles Haynes Why does prayer — more than any other religion-in-schools issue — inspire so much deep emotion and so many strong convictions?
05.02.99
Character education real need in schools
By Charles Haynes Ironically, the column I am writing focuses on a report released earlier today calling for schools of education to prepare teachers to teach good character. The news from Colorado makes the report's message even more urgent.
04.25.99
Internet's power, variety fuels new school debates
By Charles Haynes The Internet revolution gives public school students and teachers access to all kinds of information — the good, the bad and the ugly.
04.18.99
War puts U.S. religious freedom in perspective
By Charles Haynes Meditations on evil acts committed in Kosovo out of religious and ethnic hatred.
04.11.99
Easter challenges schools to weigh religions, freedom
By Charles Haynes Passing a church the other evening, I noticed a poster of a big, brown bunny on the front door. The caption read: 'Easter is more than a fuzzy feeling.'
04.04.99
Coach is out of line by leading prayers
By Charles Haynes Locker-room prayer by the coach may or may not bring victory on the basketball court, but it's bound to lose in a court of law.
03.28.99
Lack of trust key factor in school suit over religious issues
By Charles Haynes Here we go again. Three Catholic families are suing a New York school district for promoting 'Satanism and occultism, pagan religions and New Age spirituality.'
03.21.99
Schools, teachers need tools to handle religion
By Charles Haynes If we're ever going to take religious liberty seriously in the public schools, we'll need people like Susan Mogull in every school district.
03.14.99
List of top stories overlooks religion
By Charles Haynes Americans love lists. But religion barely makes the cut on a recent list of the 100 top stories of the century.
03.07.99
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