Sentence examples for secular instruction from inspiring English sources
Illinois has here authorized the commingling of sectarian with secular instruction in the public schools.
Prohibition of the commingling of sectarian and secular instruction in the public school is, of course, only half the story.
Since 1971, judicial hairsplitting in these matters has been guided by the so-called Lemon Test, named for the case of Lemon v. Kurtzman, in which the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional laws in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania that provided state moneys to parochial schools for the sole purpose of secular instruction.
Only recently we again noted the importance of the teacher's function in a church school: "Whether the subject is 'remedial reading,'advanceded reading,' or simply 'reading,' a teacher remains a teacher, and the danger that religious doctrine will become intertwined with secular instruction persists". Meek v. Pittenger, 421 U.S. 349, 370, 95 S.Ct.
For those desiring it, religious classes are conducted in the regular classrooms of the public schools by teachers of religion paid by the churches and appointed by them, but, as the State court found, "subject to the approval and supervision of the superintendent". The courses do not profess to give secular instruction in subjects concerning religion.
The secular instruction of mindfulness has been formulated through Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), a stress reduction program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinow now taught in over 240 institutions worldwide [ 4].
The new statutes (1803 and 1804) maintained the principles of utility and secular scientific instruction.
On the subject of a capitation grant, O'Reily was strongly supportive, arguing that moral impediments prevented Catholics from using secular education, and that, since religious schools provided elements of secular education as well as religious instruction, they should receive government assistance.
"We want secular education".
He also originated a college, endowing it largely from his private funds with money and lands, in the hope that it would eventually prove the means of affording to all parties secular and religious instruction of the highest kind.
