Map: Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creationism (wow)

[cui bono]

Map: Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creationism.

Thousands of schools in states across the country can use taxpayer money to cast doubt on basic science.

more... http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/01/creationism_in_public_schools_mapped_where_tax_money_supports_alternatives.html

[etherealtruth]

1. Unbelievable

[cui bono]

3. Can you imagine what it would look like if all states were allowed to do it?

I wonder how some of the saner states would look, just pockets or wide swaths?

[etherealtruth]

4. There are crazies (and the stupid) in every state

Can imagine what it would be like for a sane parent to have to send their child to a school that taught religion in place of science ...

[hobbit709]

2. No science, no mathematics, no critical thinking is why I say "Idiocracy" is a documentary.

[RainDog]

5. Schools that teach creationism should not receive federal funds

or state funds, for that matter.

Teaching religious belief in school, in a science classroom setting, is an embarrassment to this nation - and a constitutional violation of the separation of church and state.

If creationists want to teach their children to be stupid, it's their right - but they have no right to use taxpayer dollars to do so.

[Bjorn Against]

6. I don't think we were even taught anything about evolution in my high school science classes

We were taught that there was a debate between those who believe in creationism and evolution, but the discussion rarely went into much detail. I did take a humanities class in high school in which we learned about the world's religions, and we did spend some time focusing on the Scopes trial. The instructor for that class was a really good teacher and he did make sure to present all sides of the argument fairly so there was never any promotion of creationism, but we did learn about both creationism and evolution from the perspective of a humanities course.

I don't remember being taught anything about evolution in my biology class however, that seemed to be a topic they were afraid to touch. The school I went to was comfortable presenting both sides of the debate, but they were not so comfortable with presenting the issue in a science class where it would be more clear that one side of the debate was clearly correct and the other side was clearly wrong.

[liberal_at_heart]

7. I've always thought the most balanced way to approach this was for evolution to be taught

in science class and then have a comparative religion class where creation theories from all world religions could be presented. I doubt many fundie Christians would be interested in that approach however.

[Quixote1818]

8. You have to give Mississippi and Alabama credit! nt