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McCarthy, Martha M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
Since the Supreme Court's 1992 "Lee v. Weisman" decision, holding that the First Amendment's establishment clause precluded school-sponsored graduation prayers, school officials have struggled to avoid lawsuits while satisfying community preferences. Efforts to circumvent this decision have resulted in "noncoercive"…
Descriptors: Commencement Ceremonies, Court Litigation, High Schools, Legal Problems
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Summarizes a complex case involving a reopened Minnesota elementary school serving children of the Brethren, a religious group that had earlier bought the school. Although no religious instruction occurred there, two taxpayers successfully sued the district. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed this decision, noting the secular nature of…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Public Schools
