Teaching World Religion In Public Schools

By Steve Kraske,

Published October 30, 2015 at 1:19 PM CDT

How do you teach religion in public schools without stirring up a hornet’s nest? It's not easy — but if we don’t do it, are we breeding more religious intolerance?

Guest:

Linda Wertheimer is an education writer and the author of Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion in an Age of Intolerance. She is the former education editor of the Boston Globe.

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