For a Lot of American Teens, Religion Is a Regular Part of the Public School Day
Few teens have experienced teachers being unfriendly to their religion
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- For a Lot of American Teens, Religion Is a Regular Part of the Public School Day
- Clothing and jewelry are most common forms of religious expression seen in public schools
- Four-in-ten U.S. teens see at least two of these five types of religious expression on a regular basis
- One-in-ten U.S. teens in public schools in the South say teacher has led class in prayer
- A quarter of religiously affiliated teens say they sometimes or often pray before lunch in public school
- Evangelical Protestant teens most likely to pray at lunch and invite others to church or youth group
- Girls more likely than boys to talk to their friends about religion
- One-in-ten evangelical Protestants are home-schooled
- Unaffiliated teens tend to see fewer religious expressions and activities in school
- Evangelical Protestant teens most likely to pray before lunch and invite others to church or youth group
- Most U.S. teens say there are no religious support or prayer groups that meet in their school
- About one-in-ten Southern teens in public schools say teacher has led prayer
- Evangelical Protestant teens most likely to approve of teacher leading a class in prayer
- Most teens in public schools know their teachers are not permitted to lead a class in prayer
- Majority of teens regularly witness bullying at school
- Most teens rarely or never witness religiously motivated bullying in their school
- Few teens subject to religious bullying in their school
- About one-in-ten affiliated, unaffiliated teens say other students have been unfriendly to their religious beliefs
- One-in-ten teenage students report teachers making them uncomfortable with comments about religion
- Affiliated teens more likely to have religiously similar friends
- Evangelical Protestant teens especially likely to talk to friends about religion
- Girls more likely than boys to talk to their friends about religion
- Evangelical Protestant teens most likely to pray at lunch and invite others to church or youth group
- A quarter of religiously affiliated teens say they sometimes or often pray before lunch in public school
- Few teens subject to religious bullying in their school
- Most U.S. teens say there are no religious support or prayer groups that meet in their school
- Among teens in public schools in the South, 12% say teacher has ever led a class in prayer
- Clothing and jewelry are most common forms of religious expression seen in public schools
- A quarter of religiously affiliated teens say they sometimes or often pray before lunch in public school
- Evangelical Protestant teens most likely to pray at lunch and invite others to church or youth group
- more likely than boys to talk to their friends about religion
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