Summary: The Relevance Of Religion In Public Education

Both Finn and Meier are very strong in their beliefs, and both have significant support to back up their arguments, so it is very difficult to know which opinion is better for the nation’s education system.
Another chapter in Kaleidoscope that discusses the politics of education is chapter 23: “The Relevance of Religion to the Curriculum” by Warren A. Nord. Nord argues that religion should be included in education, but he does so from a nonreligious perspective with three statements. The first of these statements is that “it is profoundly illiberal” (Nord 1998/2013 p. 167) to remove religion, as religion in contained a liberal (broad) education. He argues that religion allows children to think critically from a different perspective. Second, he argues that removing religion from schools “is politically unjust” (Nord 1998/2013 p. 167), as religious families are being discriminated against now in textbooks just as black people, women, and others were being discriminated against in the textbooks of previous

I personally believe that a federal school system would be very helpful in removing inequality. It would be very difficult to implement this system, but once it is, it would be highly successful as long as it is created by many educators rather than just one (in order to eliminate individual bias). I do agree with Nel Noddings on the basis of teaching caring. If students are taught to care about each other, then there would be a more positive atmosphere in school programs. This positive program would, in turn, promote better learning, which would allow for better academic scores. If these ideas were implemented in school programs, I believe that American education would be significantly improved. Even if they aren’t used, it is apparent that we as a society need to push for change in the educational system in order to help the next generation maintain a successful