Christmas is a controversial word. Or so says the New York City Department of Education. Divorce. Dinosaurs, Birthdays. Religion. Halloween. Christmas. Television. These are a few of the 50-plus words and references the New York City Department of Education is hoping to ban from the city’s standardized tests. The banned word list was made public [...]
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A Massachusetts school system is embroiled in a war on Christmas debate after Santa Claus was initially banned from visiting elementary school children over “religious” concerns. Since 1960 firefighters in the town of Saugus dressed up like Santa Claus and visited every elementary school handing out coloring books. But on Monday, the school superintendent told [...]
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A traditional Christmas carol is at the center of a controversy at an elementary school in Michigan. The music teacher decided to change the lyrics to “Deck The Halls” because one particular word had the students giggling. The music teacher at Cherry Knoll Elementary School removed the the word gay: changing the verse to “Don [...]
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At Hopkins Elementary, students recently dressed up as Christmas trees as part of the Judson Independent School District school’s annual holiday musical. Several held up signs spelling out “Merry Christmas.” This week at North East ISD’s Huebner Elementary, fourth-grade students gave presentations about their family’s holiday traditions. A row of children’s books about Christmas, Hanukkah [...]
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The Superintendent of Tuscumbia City Schools says students at G.W. Trenholm can proceed with plans to sing ‘Silent Night’ in their Christmas program next week. Someone protested the use of the song in the program, and got the backing of a national group, the Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The group sent [...]
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