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First Amendment Resources for Schools

Finding Common Ground
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/publications

(Scroll to first entry under “Religion.”)

Beyond the School Wars: What Every Publics School Can Do to Avoid Conflicts Over Religion – and Find Common Ground by Charles C. Haynes

http://s111617.gridserver.com/madison/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Beyond_school_wars_11-08.pdf


Religious Liberty in Public Schools

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/category/religion

Religious Holidays in Schools

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/religious-holidays

School Prayer

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/school-prayer

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/debunking-the-school-prayer-myth

Student Religious Practices

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/student-religious-practices


Public Schools and Sexual Orientation: A First Amendment Framework for Finding Common Ground http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/publications

(Scroll about halfway down the section of the page marked “religion.”)


Teaching About Religion

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/teaching-about-religion

The Bible and Public Schools

http://www.freedomforum.org/bible-in-school

Teachers’ Religious Liberties
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/teachers-religious-liberities


Public Schools and Religious Communities

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/public-schools-religious-communities

Release Time for Religious Instruction http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/released-time Religious

Graduation Ceremonies http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/graduation-ceremonies

Charles Haynes Commentaries on the First Amendment http://www.firstamendmentcenter.com/collection.aspx?item=charles_haynes_commentaries&pg=1

The following sites are not endorsed by the California Three Rs Project but have been recommended by scholars of religious liberties.           

Religious Liberty Resources for Schools

American Academy of Religion Guidelines for Teaching About Religion in K-12 Public Schools in the United States
http://www.aarweb.org/publications/Online_Publications/

The Pluralism Project at Harvard University
http://www.pluralism.org/

Religious Expression in American Public Life: A Joint Statement of Current Law-Wake Forest University
http://ca3rsproject.org/pdfs/ReligExpressionLawpdf.pdf

Religious Expression in American Public Life: PowerPoint Adapted for Schools http://ca3rsproject.org/pdfs/ReligExpressPublicLife.ppt

Religion and Public Education Resource Center
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/rperc/

Religion and Ethics Newsweekly

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/index.html

Religion in the Public Schools: Anti-Defamation League

http://www.adl.org/religion_ps_2004/default.asp


Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
http://pewforum.org/about/

Teaching About Religion in Support of Civic Pluralism

http://www.worldvieweducation.org/

Bill of Rights Institute

http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/

Constitutional Rights Foundation
www.crf-usa.org/

Center for Civic Education
http://www.civiced.org/

The Religious Freedom Page
http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu

U.S. Department of Justice - First Freedoms Project
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/religdisc/firstfreedom.html

First Freedom Center
http://www.firstfreedom.org/


National School Boards Association – School Law Issues

http://www.nsba.org/MainMenu/SchoolLaw/Issues.aspx