Key Idea Identification…
The key ideas of this week’s lecture are around the rights of students. This includes religious and civil rights. Over the years, in the history of our nation, the Supreme Court worked to uphold the rights of American citizens, based on the words of the constitution. The decisions of the Supreme Court regarding religion and public school evolved over the years, just as our nation evolved. The decisions of the Supreme court regarding race and public school evolved as well. Our education system itself evolved throughout history. The key idea or the take-away lesson for me is that education is ever evolving and the rights of our students as citizens must be in our minds always. This lecture was about the rights of our students with regards to race and religion throughout history. The rights of our students with regards to ability and disability are still controversial today.
References
Ellis lecture, The Courts and Education, 2011
