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What about the charter schools that teach the Earth is 6000 years old? https://ncse.ngo/creationism-texas-charter-schools https://ncse.ngo/creationism-texas-ch

What about the charter schools that teach the Earth is 6000 years old? https://ncse.ngo/creationism-texas-charter-schools https://ncse.ngo/creationism-texas-charter-schools They should accurately teach subjects such as science.

hiptobecubic 5y ago
You're confusing the US's requirement for religious freedom with the education model. It's not like you're forced to pick a school that teaches things you don't agree with. For every one of these schools teaching kids religious nonsense that is clearly wrong, there is some other school using that freedom to try alternative ways of running classroom. If you don't allow this you end up with a pretty rigid system that basically everyone but educational board members hates, like the Common Core requirements that are so tight that teachers basically have to design their entire quarter around them.
- pixl97 5y ago
  Ah, I love the choose your own story model of education l.
blisterpeanuts 5y ago
If they receive public money, they may not introduce religious concepts into science courses. A chain of charters in Texas does indeed seem to be working around the ban on religious doctrine, a ban tested in court, by using tricky language e.g. "Evolution is one theory; there are competing theories." However sooner or later they'll probably be taken to court and lose. Probably nationwide, 99% of charter schools are secular and do indeed teach proper broadly accepted science and other subjects.
- ericd 5y ago
  Yeah, there’s a real problem with people generalizing from sensational news about isolated incidents. It seems to be creating really distorted mental world models.
  - JaimeThompson 5y ago
    It's been an ongoing fight in Texas for a few decades. This is a major issue since Texas buys so many school books they tend to drive the market but this is lessening a bit. https://relevantmagazine.com/current/texas-board-education-debates-creationism-and-evolution-textbooks/ https://relevantmagazine.com/current/texas-board-education-d... This is one example. There are lots more.
unmole 5y ago
Don't send you kids to such schools?

hiptobecubic 5y ago

You're confusing the US's requirement for religious freedom with the education model. It's not like you're forced to pick a school that teaches things you don't agree with. For every one of these schools teaching kids religious nonsense that is clearly wrong, there is some other school using that freedom to try alternative ways of running classroom. If you don't allow this you end up with a pretty rigid system that basically everyone but educational board members hates, like the Common Core requirements that are so tight that teachers basically have to design their entire quarter around them.

pixl97 5y ago
Ah, I love the choose your own story model of education l.

blisterpeanuts 5y ago

If they receive public money, they may not introduce religious concepts into science courses. A chain of charters in Texas does indeed seem to be working around the ban on religious doctrine, a ban tested in court, by using tricky language e.g. "Evolution is one theory; there are competing theories." However sooner or later they'll probably be taken to court and lose. Probably nationwide, 99% of charter schools are secular and do indeed teach proper broadly accepted science and other subjects.

ericd 5y ago
Yeah, there’s a real problem with people generalizing from sensational news about isolated incidents. It seems to be creating really distorted mental world models.
- JaimeThompson 5y ago
  It's been an ongoing fight in Texas for a few decades. This is a major issue since Texas buys so many school books they tend to drive the market but this is lessening a bit. https://relevantmagazine.com/current/texas-board-education-debates-creationism-and-evolution-textbooks/ https://relevantmagazine.com/current/texas-board-education-d... This is one example. There are lots more.

unmole 5y ago

Don't send you kids to such schools?