The main argument is whether this Hebrew Charter school can stay within the guidelines of the Church-State divide. Critics are skeptical on whether it is possible to teach Hebrew without touching on Judaism. If this is in fact not possible, it would be unconstitutional for the teaching of Hebrew. One other issue is that a charter school that receives public money, but is exempt from certain rules, and therefore subject to less oversight can prove problematic. On the other side of the argument, proponents are saying that this is not religious teaching. They are saying that there is a necessity to teach Hebrew, one reason being because 37% of parents identified Hebrew as their first language. Also, this school is no different from hundreds of schools around the country that have dual language programs.
On this issue I believe this school is within Constitutional guidelines, and is barely different from any other school in America. Any school is vulnerable to religious aspects.
Monday, September 3, 2007
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