Should There Be Religious Alternative Schools within the Public School System?

Miller, Ralph M.

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“…The opposition in Calgary increased to such a point that the new school trustees elected in October 1983 decided to terminate the contracts of the religious alternative schools as of June 1984. Although the Jewish schools were able to switch over to the Calgary Catholic Board of Education and continue operating, the Logos School disappeared (Miller, 1986). The point is, however, that the PC government initiated the alternative school concept as a way of accommodating demands for increased government funding for private schools.…”

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Charter Schools in Alberta: Change or Continuity in Progressive Conservative Education Policy?

Wagner

1999

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The Progressive Conservative government of Premier Ralph Klein undertook an ambitious program of educational restructuring. Among other changes the government provided for the establishment of charter schools in the province. This was the first time that charter schools were to be allowed in Canada and led a number of observers to allege that this was a step toward the privatization of public education in Alberta. In other words, a radical change was taking place. However, a careful look at the education policy of Alberta's PC government reveals that it has consistently been favorable to private and quasi-private alternatives to public education. Many different policy decisions since the 1970s demonstrate this to be the case. Rather than being a radical change, then, the introduction of charter schools is simply an extension of the PC government's longstanding policy of promoting "educational choice."

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Charter Schools in Alberta: Change or Continuity in Progressive Conservative Education Policy?

Wagner

1999

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“…These citations, taken from The Book of Proverbs and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC; 1989), capture one of the most complex educational dilemmas in multicultural states, relating to the interaction between children’s various and often competing cultural affiliations. Although this kind of dilemma may be pertinent to all schools, it brings unique complexities into the context of religiously oriented schools , which educate children within a specific cultural ethos (see Miller, 1986). In this study, we analyzed 102 essays of students enrolled in an American Jewish high school that uses a diverse teaching staff, to explore how teachers whose personal views conflict with the school’s ethos may nonetheless serve to advance students’ learning and assist in fulfilling, respecting, and protecting the right to adaptable education in religiously oriented schools.…”

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Teacher Diversity and the Right to Adaptable Education in the Religiously Oriented School: What Can We Learn From Students’ Perceptions?

Finefter‐Rosenbluh¹,

Perry‐Hazan

2016

Youth & Society

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This study examines students' perceptions of disparities between teachers' views and the school ethos in a religiously oriented school, and dissects the implications of such disparities on the children's right to adaptable education. The study draws on 102 essays of students enrolled in an American Jewish high school that employs a diverse teaching staff. Findings demonstrate that teacher diversity in a religiously oriented school may fulfill the children's right to adaptable education by motivating children to engage in social perspective taking, and to interact with multiple spheres of cultural affiliations. Teacher diversity may also serve children as they formulate their own views, while not undermining parental impact. In addition, the findings portray the children's perceptions of the teachers' duty to respect the communal spheres of adaptability by eschewing indoctrination, remaining

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'Fellow travellers' and 'true believers': A case study of religion and politics in Alberta schools

Taylor¹

2001

Journal of Education Policy

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Should There Be Religious Alternative Schools within the Public School System?

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Charter Schools in Alberta: Change or Continuity in Progressive Conservative Education Policy?

Charter Schools in Alberta: Change or Continuity in Progressive Conservative Education Policy?

Teacher Diversity and the Right to Adaptable Education in the Religiously Oriented School: What Can We Learn From Students’ Perceptions?

'Fellow travellers' and 'true believers': A case study of religion and politics in Alberta schools

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