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ERIC Number: EJ601179
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Good Faith Efforts? Part 1.
Zirkel, Perry A.
Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n6 p475-76 Feb 2000
In 1996, a small group of Roman Catholic parents in a suburban New York district filed suit, claiming that a new program was promoting Satanism, occultism, and New Age spirituality. Activities included a Ganesha story, worry dolls, stories on Buddha and Quetzalcoatl, poetry writing, psychic phenomena, and a cemetery visit. To be continued. (MLH)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Privacy, Religious Factors, Spirituality, State Church Separation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bedford Central School District NY; New Age Thinking; Occultism; Satanism