The last chapter by Joel Springs concludes the text by going into detail about the contemporary issues the American school system still encounters today. This chapter had many different topics which sums up many of the different issues we talked about during the semester. One topic that interested me was the idea of religious freedom and prayer in schools. I personally feel that you can not mix religion and schooling in public schools. I went to a catholic high school where we prayed every morning to start off our day. Going to a catholic school was my choice. There is no way children should be forced in public schools to pray where prayers can be performed at church, homes, and in catholic schools (if you choose to go to one). Whenever we hear religion in schools we hear the problem with the pledge of allegiance. My take on it is that it is not mandatory for students to say as long as students are respectful and remain quiet while the other students recite it.
Should there be editing of the pledge of allegiance (under god) or is it fine the way it is being that it is not mandatory for schools?
Another section of this chapter goes into detail about schools being too controlled and based on numbers. We had previous discussions about the effectiveness of teachers. How can teachers be given more freedom so they can use their effective abilities to teach in the classroom ?
