Consider this testimony from a California educator: 

Finding Common Ground   
During the fall of 1990, the district administrative staff attended a workshop sponsored by the San Bernardino County Schools office which helped lay the  foundation for the entire district's approach to controversial issues for that year  and up to the present. The speaker was Dr. Charles C. Haynes, a leading  authority on religious liberty issues in public education. Although we were only  initially looking for strategies to prepare us for upcoming discussions on the  inclusion of religion in the social studies textbooks, we came away with far  more. Dr. Haynes focused his attention (and ours) on how to find common  ground amidst diverse opinions and beliefs by a return to the guiding principles  of the First Amendment the "three Rs" of religious liberty rights, responsibility  and respect. Within this philosophical framework, each voice, even the  dissenting voice, has a right to be heard and respected, and the path for finding  the common good begins the acknowledgment that what divides us is often  deeper that what unites us. Educators must commit ourselves to trust-building  and respectful dialogue with all of the major players in the community and to  decision-making by consensus agreement.

With funding made available by The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, the following workshops are available a minimal cost: