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The article discusses religion in public schools in the U.S., made possible by the first amendment of the constitution. The author discusses the transition from the 1980s when schools were considered almost religion-free zones as a result of U.S. Supreme Court decisions banning state-sponsored religious practices to the development of a consensus statement "Religion in the Public School Curriculum: Questions & Answers," by the author and attorney Oliver Thomas. Topics include failed models of integrating religion into education either by indoctrination or avoidance, and the first amendment's right to teach about religion. INSET: Avoid conflice and find common ground.

The article discusses the issue of preparing students to act morally in 21st century life. It cites non-Jews who risked their own lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust and notes that these people had the ability to mobilize and act on their feelings of compassion. The author states that this ability does not arise randomly but is developed over a lifetime. He states that the concept of conscience is largely in abeyance as of 2009, noting in the U.S. that there is no coherent social response to the fact of hunger, poverty and lack of health care. He cites young people who took moral positions in school that led to changes in U.S. laws. He argues in favor of character education programs in schools to identify, cultivate and mobilize feelings of compassion into action.

Reservoir characterization, modeling, and simulation were undertaken to improve production from Womack Hill field (eastern Gulf Coast, United States). This field produces oil from Upper Jurassic Smackover carbonate shoal reservoirs. These reservoirs occur in vertically stacked, heterogeneous depositional and porosity cycles. The cycles consist of lime mudstone and wackestone at the base and ooid grainstone at the top. Porosity has been enhanced through dissolution and dolomitization. Porosity is chiefly interparticle, solution-enlarged interparticle, grain moldic, intercrystalline dolomite, and vuggy pores. Dolostone pore systems and flow units have the highest reservoir potential. Petroleum-trapping mechanisms include a fault trap (footwall uplift with closure to the south against a major west-southeast-trending normal fault) in the western area, a footwall uplift trap associated with a possible southwest-northeast-trending normal fault in the south-central area, and a salt-cored anticline with four-way dip closure in the eastern area. Potential barriers to flow are present as a result of petrophysical differences among and within the cycles, as well as the presence of normal faulting. Reservoir performance analysis and simulation indicate that the unitized western area has less than 1 MMSTB of oil remaining to be recovered, and that the eastern area has 2-3 MMSTB of oil to be recovered. A field-scale reservoir management strategy that includes the drilling of infill wells in the eastern area of the field and perforating existing wells in stratigraphically higher porosity zones in the unitized western area is recommended for sustaining production from the Womack Hill field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the relevance of school communities in shaping the culture of U.S. citizens. Relationship between democracy and public education; Renewal of the civic mission of public schools; Information on a national reform initiative designed to help schools teach and practice democratic principles throughout the community. INSET: Getting Involved.

Comments on the importance of religion in the educational system of U.S. Reason of school administrator for avoiding religious instruction; Exclusion of liberal education; Preparation of teachers to learn how to accommodate the religious needs of students.

Explains why news media should take religion more seriously in the United States. American Assembly titled 'Religion in Public Life' at Arden House in Harriman, New York; Diversity of religious and political convictions represented; Improvement in religion coverage; Nation's commitment to a free press.

Focuses on the Establishment clause of the United States Constitution's First Amendment which served as an experiment in freedom of religion.

Assesses the divisions over cultural and religious values in public schools systems in the United States. Conflicts over sex education, multiculturalism and religious practices; Description of religious freedom as maintained in the First Amendment; Role of public schools in nation-building; Need for conflicting parties to find common grounds and ideals.

Focuses on the struggle to preserve religious freedom in public schools in the U.S. Causes of ignorance and confusion about constitutional guarantee; Lack of understanding the principles of religious liberty embodied in the First Amendment; Absence of religious freedom education in social studies curriculum. INSET: Supplementary Resources for Teachers.

Focuses on the reason behind the refusal of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to place the Wiccan symbol in the memorial of soldier Patrick Stewart. Misconception surrounding the Wiccan religion; Description of the Wiccan symbol; Requirement for the approval of religious symbols; Argument behind the need to recognize the Wiccan symbol.

In this article the author reflects on the conflict involving Wiccans in the U.S. military. He criticizes the decision making ability of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to add the pentacle to the list of 28 emblems of belief approved for placement on government headstones and memorials. He asserts that the government should allow each family to choose whatever symbol best represents their convictions.

The author reflects on the request of widow Roberta Stewart to honor her late husband, U.S. Sergeant Patrick Stewart, by having the pentacle engraved on her husband's memorial plaque. Sergeant Stewart, who was killed in combat in Afghanistan, was a Wiccan. The author said that the pentacle, which symbolizes the Wiccan faith, must be approved by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to be added on the list of 38 emblems of belief approved for placement on government headstones and memorials.

Argues the applicability of religious fliers in public schools in the U.S. Suggestion to put safeguards in place when keeping the forum open; Maintenance of information flow to students and parents; Establishment of appropriate distance between public schools and the mission of religious groups.

Focuses on the need of resources for teaching about religion in public schools in the U.S. Publications dealing with the role of religion in history and culture; Curriculum concerned with the place of religion in public life; Instructional guide for teaching about religious freedom in the U.S. history published by Americans United Research Foundation.