Creationist groups win Michael Gove's approval to open free schools (UK public schools)

[alp227]

Source: The Guardian

The education secretary, Michael Gove, has approved three free schools run by groups with creationist views, including one with a document on its website declaring that it teaches "creation as a scientific theory".

Grindon Hall Christian school in Sunderland, a private school due to reopen in September with state funding, says on its website that it will present creationism as science and affirm the position that Christians believe God's creation of the world is "not just a theory but a fact".

Ministers have also approved a free school in Sevenoaks, Kent, that says on its website it will teach in RE classes that "God made the world", while a third free school, in Nottinghamshire, is a fresh proposal from a group initially turned down over creationism.

In the US, where the campaign for creationism has been stronger, the states of Louisiana and Tennessee have recently passed laws allowing the science underpinning evolution to be critiqued in the classroom. But the creationist lobby has been less successful in gaining a foothold in Britain.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jul/17/creationist-groups-approval-free-schools

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Wikipedia entry about English free schools

[Smilo]

1. WTF -

Britain - you don't need to pander to the fruitcakes - if people want to believe this tell them to go to the private religious schools that are available.

From Wikipedia "Supporters of free schools, such as the Conservative (GOP of the UK) Party, claim that they will "create more local competition and drive-up standards"

Not if you keep opening schools to these type of kooks it won't.

[sakabatou]

2. Oh dear god...

The stupid, it burns!

[bhikkhu]

3. Almost guaranteed to turn kids into bigoted fools...

too bad.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. Accredited universities should refuse graduates from these schools admission

to any science program -- biology, pre-med, physics, chemistry, etc. Doing otherwise is to give imprimatur to these bullshit theories.

[truebrit71]

6. If schools wish to open that teach gobbledygook, fine, let 'em...but NOT on the State's dime...

...FYI Michael Gove is a complete and utter fucktard...

[awoke_in_2003]

7. You know, the gloves are coming off...

for a minute. Do they not understand that this insanity has swept through our country because smart, educated people did not want to offend people by saying the truth- that is "your beliefs are stupid, illogical, and I ridicule you and your lack of intellectual curiosity". No, we have to be nice. We have to sit down, shut up, and have dark age beliefs shoved down our throats. It is too late here, but come on Britian- stand up to this hogwash.