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Article giving insight on the Pledge of Allegiance, in light of the case "Doe v. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District". The original pledge actually did not include "Under God"! It was added in 1954.

The Pledge of Allegiance timeline from 1892 to 2014 in a nutshell. According to this article the pledge was never really banned from our schools. There was however attempts to remove "under god" from the pledge. I personally would have liked my children to have said the pledge every morning at school just as I did.

I did not know the history of The pledge of Allegiance but this is very insightful. Interesting that a Religious group also tried to declare it unconstitutional. Good find!

For many kids the Pledge of Allegiance is just tradition at school and for others is a very important quote. It is very interesting how our pledge ask for loyalty and how our kids are learning that since they are little.

In this article it explains Obama signing the Executive Order 13738 and the reasons on why the Pledge of Allegiance is being banned. It was banned due to lack of freedom of religion.

Banning the Pledge of Allegiance in America sounds very ridiculous to many citizens. After reading the article, I somewhat understand the reasoning behind Obama's decision however, in his own words, Obama stated his action stemmed from his personal belief. One man's personal belief should not supersede the personal belief's of a million others. On a side note, President Trump revoked this executive order on March 27, 2017.

The reason why people have a problem with it is because of the "Under God" part. I'm not sure about that park because it doesn't say which God they are talking about. I do think it would be best to keep it out of schools until the words "Under God" is removed. I think a better way to do this would have been removing the "Under God" part. Overall I do support removing "Under God" from the pledge.

This is a website displaying both sides to the debate on whether or not students should be required to say the pledge of allegiance in the classroom. Arguments from both sides are present. This effects personal freedoms because every student should have the personal freedom to choose if they want to say the pledge or not.

This article shows that a whopping 85% of Americans believe that the words "under God" should stay in the Pledge of Allegiance. Survey also shows that much of the younger Americans support the removal: 14% (18-29 age group) compared to the 5% over 64.

The Pledge of Allegiance was modified in 1954 to add he phrase "under God." this article highlights the facts that the same country that expresses freedom of religion, has this phrase in our school system, but refuses to allow Muslim students the right to pray.

This article explains the law about saying "In God We Trust" during the pledge of allegiance. Many people believe this shouldn't be forced upon children, that religion and schools should be separate. This article explains congresses view on the matter.

The author reviews the purpose of Residential Schools for the Deaf and how they influence the social life and wellbeing of the children who are sent there for the better. The article shows a bias leaning towards the schools although there are many hearing families who find themselves troubled by the idea of sending their Deaf children away from K-12 but the article brings forward the positive aspects of how a residential school is uniquely capable of helping deaf children develop confidence and capable social skills that would allow them to experience a proper education unlike a mainstream public school in which they would most definitely be out-casted by their lack of resources, culture, language, and role models. It shows both the pros and cons of the residential schools for the Deaf in America but with a clear bias, however this is not unreasonable. Despite the clear bias towards residential schools from the author the article offers a point of view of hearing parents finding issue with sending their child away from home for long periods of time as they would experience with a residential school.