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==Ideology in modern education==

==Ideology in modern education==

In addition to purely academic teaching, education forms a part in developing a moral and political worldview.  In many countries formal religious instruction is part of public education, while  the [[United States]], which holds to [[separation of church and state]], no longer formally engages in such. However, it is argued by [[conservatives]] that the modern degree of exclusion of religious belief from the State was not the historical norm.<ref>[http://www.shalomjerusalem.com/heritage/heritage19.html  Honorable Judge Robert Ulrich Chief Justice, Missouri Court Of Appeals, Western District, ''Were the Founding Fathers Christian?'']</ref><ref>http://www.naacd.com/issues_judicial.htm</ref> One example invoked in support of this contention is that an estimated 75 percent of the school systems in the South had religious services and Bible readings as late as 1962, when in ''[[Engel versus  Vitale]]'', the U.S. [[Supreme Court]] decided that school-sponsored prayer was unconstitutional.<ref>Colliers 1961 Yearbook p. 224</ref>  It is also argued that it is impossible to completely separate an educational system from moral beliefs,<ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/CauseEffect.html Cause and Effect: The Bible, the Educational System, and Its Influence]</ref> and that the modern divorcement of religion from education constitutes an official "establishment of a religion of secularism" - a term used by U.S. [[Supreme Court]] justice Potter Stewart in dissenting from the decision rendered on June 17, 1963 in ''[[Abington School versus Schempp]]'', which outlawed State-sponsored Bible reading in public schools.<ref>http://www.naacd.com/issues_judicial.htm</ref> <ref> Stephen V. Monsma, J. Christopher Soper, ''The Challenge of Pluralism: Church and State in Five Democracies'', p. 27</ref>

In addition to purely academic teaching, education forms a part in developing a moral and political worldview.  In many countries formal religious instruction is part of public education, while  the [[United States]], which holds to [[separation of church and state]], no longer formally engages in such. However, it is argued by [[conservatives]] that the modern degree of exclusion of religious belief from the State was not the historical norm.<ref>[http://www.shalomjerusalem.com/heritage/heritage19.html  Honorable Judge Robert Ulrich Chief Justice, Missouri Court Of Appeals, Western District, ''Were the Founding Fathers Christian?'']</ref><ref>http://www.naacd.com/issues_judicial.htm</ref> One example invoked in support of this contention is that an estimated 75 percent of the school systems in the South had religious services and Bible readings as late as 1962, when in ''[[Engel versus  Vitale]]'', the U.S. [[Supreme Court]] decided that school-sponsored prayer was unconstitutional.<ref>Colliers 1961 Yearbook p. 224</ref>  It is also argued that it is impossible to completely separate an educational system from moral beliefs,<ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/CauseEffect.html Cause and Effect: The Bible, the Educational System, and Its Influence]</ref> and that the modern divorcement of religion from education constitutes an official "establishment of a religion of secularism" - a term used by U.S. [[Supreme Court]] justice Potter Stewart in dissenting from the decision rendered on June 17, 1963 in ''[[Abington School versus Schempp]]'', which outlawed State-sponsored Bible reading in public schools.<ref>http://www.naacd.com/issues_judicial.htm</ref> <ref> Stephen V. Monsma, J. Christopher Soper, ''The Challenge of Pluralism: Church and State in Five Democracies'', p. 27</ref>

Related to this, in his State of the Union address of 2010, President Obama called for providing complete  "forgiveness" of student loans to students who spend 10 years (with 120 continuous payments) employed in public service. However, this would be an extension of 2007 College Cost Reduction Act, which took effect in July 2009. Public service includes government and non-profit work, but excludes employment in religious instruction or proselytization.<ref>[http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24922.pdf Federal  Register / Vol.  73,  No.  206 / Thursday,  October  23,  2008 / Rules  and  Regulations, Section 685.219—Public Service Loan, p. 15.27]</ref> In addition to increasing the [[national debt]], this provision may be seen as being conducive to further promoting an entitlement mentality, and populating government with those who often manifest and propagate the same.

Related to this, in his State of the Union address of 2010, President Obama called for providing complete  "forgiveness" of student loans to students who spend 10 years (with 120 continuous payments) employed in public service. However, this would be an extension of 2007 College Cost Reduction Act, which took effect in July 2009. Public service includes government and non-profit work, but excludes employment in religious instruction or proselytization.<ref>[http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24922.pdf Federal  Register / Vol.  73,  No.  206 / Thursday,  October  23,  2008 / Rules  and  Regulations, Section 685.219—Public Service Loan, p. 15.27]</ref> In addition to increasing the [[national debt]], this provision may be seen as being conducive to further promoting an entitlement mentality, and populating government with those who often manifest and propagate the same.

==Quotes about teaching==

==Quotes about teaching==