| | The intro paragraph says ''"A public school is an atheistic school funded by taxes and which censors classroom prayer"'' Later, the section on Public School says ''"In America, a public school is a state school. In some Commonwealth countries, a public school is a church-run (i.e. run by a church denomination) school that is open to the general public. In America, the curriculum in public schools is dictated by state governments and increasingly by the federal government under the "No Child Left Behind" legislation. Federal courts generally prohibit any type of prayer led by school officials, and even forbid the display and teaching of the Ten Commandments."'' I think the sentence in the intro paragraph needs work, as clearly (according to the section on Public School) there are places where public schools are NOT funded by taxes, are NOT atheistic, and/or do NOT censor classroom prayer. Frankly, I think the paragraph on Public School clearly explains things, and we don't need the sentence in the intro. I won't be so bold as to remove it, as it was added by [[User:Aschlafly]], but I think it needs improvement. Let me be clear that I am not taking issue with the *content* of the sentence (that's a different discussion); rather I think that combined with the information in the Public School section it is redundant and confusing. Sorry to be so blunt - I'm sure [[User:Aschlafly]] is a busy man and didn't realize this information was covered later in the article. This is otherwise a well-written article.--[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 21:25, 28 October 2007 (EDT) | | The intro paragraph says ''"A public school is an atheistic school funded by taxes and which censors classroom prayer"'' Later, the section on Public School says ''"In America, a public school is a state school. In some Commonwealth countries, a public school is a church-run (i.e. run by a church denomination) school that is open to the general public. In America, the curriculum in public schools is dictated by state governments and increasingly by the federal government under the "No Child Left Behind" legislation. Federal courts generally prohibit any type of prayer led by school officials, and even forbid the display and teaching of the Ten Commandments."'' I think the sentence in the intro paragraph needs work, as clearly (according to the section on Public School) there are places where public schools are NOT funded by taxes, are NOT atheistic, and/or do NOT censor classroom prayer. Frankly, I think the paragraph on Public School clearly explains things, and we don't need the sentence in the intro. I won't be so bold as to remove it, as it was added by [[User:Aschlafly]], but I think it needs improvement. Let me be clear that I am not taking issue with the *content* of the sentence (that's a different discussion); rather I think that combined with the information in the Public School section it is redundant and confusing. Sorry to be so blunt - I'm sure [[User:Aschlafly]] is a busy man and didn't realize this information was covered later in the article. This is otherwise a well-written article.--[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 21:25, 28 October 2007 (EDT) |
| | + | : No, I think the intro should reflect the typical situation in public schools in America and other secularized, industrialized nations. The statement is correct for those nations. If you have evidence of classroom prayer in public school in any of those nations, I'd like to see it. Note, however, that the phrase is classroom prayer.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 21:33, 28 October 2007 (EDT) |