Texas Public Schools Are Teaching Creationism

winston53660 · Jan 16, 2014

When public-school students enrolled in Texas’ largest charter program open their biology workbooks, they will read that the fossil record is “sketchy.” That evolution is “dogma” and an “unproved theory” with no experimental basis. They will be told that leading scientists dispute the mechanisms of evolution and the age of the Earth. These are all lies.

The more than 17,000 students in the Responsive Education Solutions charter system will learn in their history classes that some residents of the Philippines were “pagans in various levels of civilization.” They’ll read in a history textbook that feminism forced women to turn to the government as a “surrogate husband.”

Responsive Ed has a secular veneer and is funded by public money, but it has been connected from its inception to the creationist movement and to far-right fundamentalists who seek to undermine the separation of church and state.

Creationism in Texas public schools: Undermining the charter movement.

Jredbaron96 · Jan 16, 2014

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Ray410 · Jan 16, 2014

Run children, run for your lives!!

Dittohead not! · Jan 16, 2014

and if American kids are behind in science, it must be the fault of the teacher's unions, right?

AGENT J · Jan 16, 2014

winston53660 said:
When public-school students enrolled in Texas’ largest charter program open their biology workbooks, they will read that the fossil record is “sketchy.” That evolution is “dogma” and an “unproved theory” with no experimental basis. They will be told that leading scientists dispute the mechanisms of evolution and the age of the Earth. These are all lies.

The more than 17,000 students in the Responsive Education Solutions charter system will learn in their history classes that some residents of the Philippines were “pagans in various levels of civilization.” They’ll read in a history textbook that feminism forced women to turn to the government as a “surrogate husband.”

Responsive Ed has a secular veneer and is funded by public money, but it has been connected from its inception to the creationist movement and to far-right fundamentalists who seek to undermine the separation of church and state.

Creationism in Texas public schools: Undermining the charter movement.

more insanity

theres really a simply solution to all this

if people know thats what is being taught then fine, they can send their kids there to be retards, IF theres that much misinformation going on.

My daughter goes to charter and they teach all facts and normal schooling and are actually more advanced but again, thats my choice

I dont have a problem with teaching religion (im a christian), fantasy etc but it has no businesses in real classes. NONE.
SO if the curriculum doesnt met the standards then they simply lose funding and certification or get their funding from a different pot that is for non-certified schools.

This also means that there are no certified diplomas or degrees.

If they meet the standards but teach that retardation in non-mandatory elective classes, so be it.

Rocketman · Jan 16, 2014

AGENT J said:
more insanity

theres really a simply solution to all this

if people know thats what is being taught then fine, they can send their kids there to be retards, IF theres that much misinformation going on.

My daughter goes to charter and they teach all facts and normal schooling and are actually more advanced but again, thats my choice

I dont have a problem with teaching religion (im a christian), fantasy etc but it has no businesses in real classes. NONE.
SO if the curriculum doesnt met the standards then they simply lose funding and certification or get their funding from a different pot that is for non-certified schools.

This also means that there are no certified diplomas or degrees.

If they meet the standards but teach that retardation in non-mandatory elective classes, so be it.

Are you sure Holder won't recognize their diplomas and degrees?:lamo

Slartibartfast · Jan 16, 2014

winston53660 said:
When public-school students enrolled in Texas’ largest charter program open their biology workbooks, they will read that the fossil record is “sketchy.” That evolution is “dogma” and an “unproved theory” with no experimental basis. They will be told that leading scientists dispute the mechanisms of evolution and the age of the Earth. These are all lies.

The more than 17,000 students in the Responsive Education Solutions charter system will learn in their history classes that some residents of the Philippines were “pagans in various levels of civilization.” They’ll read in a history textbook that feminism forced women to turn to the government as a “surrogate husband.”

Responsive Ed has a secular veneer and is funded by public money, but it has been connected from its inception to the creationist movement and to far-right fundamentalists who seek to undermine the separation of church and state.

Creationism in Texas public schools: Undermining the charter movement.

Well, colleges are under no obligation to accept them without some remedial classes.

AGENT J · Jan 16, 2014

Rocketman said:
Are you sure Holder won't recognize their diplomas and degrees?:lamo

holder is in charge of education now? :laughat:
facts defeat your post again

Jerry · Jan 16, 2014

winston53660 said:
When public-school students enrolled in Texas’ largest charter program open their biology workbooks, they will read that the fossil record is “sketchy.” That evolution is “dogma” and an “unproved theory” with no experimental basis. They will be told that leading scientists dispute the mechanisms of evolution and the age of the Earth. These are all lies.

The more than 17,000 students in the Responsive Education Solutions charter system will learn in their history classes that some residents of the Philippines were “pagans in various levels of civilization.” They’ll read in a history textbook that feminism forced women to turn to the government as a “surrogate husband.”

Responsive Ed has a secular veneer and is funded by public money, but it has been connected from its inception to the creationist movement and to far-right fundamentalists who seek to undermine the separation of church and state.

Creationism in Texas public schools: Undermining the charter movement.

It's a charter school, not a public school. In other words the school is located in Texas, not operated by Texas as is the case with normal public schools.

Charter schools (or 'free-schools in Europe) are allowed to teach religious content so long as they also teach content required by the state.

Rocketman · Jan 16, 2014

AGENT J said:
holder is in charge of education now? :laughat:
facts defeat your post again

Holder isn't in charge for marriage contracts either!:roll::roll::lamo

Wiseone · Jan 16, 2014

Well personally I feel that a parent should not be able to so grossly misinform and possibly ruin the future lives of their children on the government's dime. If the government is paying for your school than you need to get an actual education and not some religious bull ****.

beefheart · Jan 16, 2014

They can teach any kind of fictional bs in their own churches, but they can't force this baloney on children in taxpayer funded schools, unless of course, we get to send evolutionary scientists to give mandatory attendance speeches at their tax-free churches.

AGENT J · Jan 16, 2014

Rocketman said:
Holder isn't in charge for marriage contracts either!:roll::roll::lamo

BINGO!!!!!
now you are catching on whcih is exactly why "HE" didnt do anything with marriage contracts, the law did
thank you for totally owning your own post and failed strawman, that was awesome! the entertainment you provide us is endless.

Rocketman · Jan 16, 2014

AGENT J said:
BINGO!!!!!
now you are catching on whcih is exactly why "HE" didnt do anything with marriage contracts, the law did
thank you for totally owning your own post and failed strawman, that was awesome! the entertainment you provide us is endless.

No the law made them invalid in that state. SO again you can't lie out of your original postion:lamo

winston53660 · Jan 16, 2014

Yo J rocketman it ain't a gay marriage thread

AGENT J · Jan 16, 2014

Rocketman said:
1.)No the law made them invalid in that state.
2.) SO again you can't lie out of your original postion:lamo

1.)nope, factually false the court case will determine that
2.) no lie has been posted if you disagree simply quote the lie in an on topic thread, as usual it will never happen cause you made it up but id LOVE to read your proof

facts defeat your post again

calamity · Jan 16, 2014

I believe a religious education is child abuse. But...I'm sure I'm a minority there.

AGENT J · Jan 16, 2014

calamity said:
I believe a religious education is child abuse. But...I'm sure I'm a minority there.

as a Christian myself i believe it CAN be, it has to be done in the proper way so place me in that minority too, if it is a minority

now if you think any and all religious teachings are child abuse then i severely disagree

AGENT J · Jan 16, 2014

winston53660 said:
Yo J rocketman it ain't a gay marriage thread

yes i know but this is what happens when you constantly destroy ones arguments, they follow you, trying, and failing, to save face

calamity · Jan 16, 2014

AGENT J said:
as a Christian myself i believe it CAN be, it has to be done in the proper way so place me in that minority too, if it is a minority

now if you think any and all religious teachings are child abuse then i severely disagree

Teaching that the world is 6000 years old and that carbon dating is a liberal conspiracy is more what I had in mind.

AGENT J · Jan 16, 2014

calamity said:
Teaching that the world is 6000 years old and that carbon dating is a liberal conspiracy is more what I had in mind.

yes i would never welcome teaching my child that, i dont know if its abuse but its definitely mentally inept and as a christian i can say i never learned or was told any such thing from anybody inside my religion in real life.

WCH · Jan 16, 2014

Whatever they're teaching it's got to be better than that Common Core UN globalist communist horse crap.

Fiddytree · Jan 16, 2014

I'm a bit skeptical of the writing of the article, without first seeing some of the content word-by-word in the textbook or distributed materials. It certainly can be and would not entirely surprise me seeing it in the materials. However, in something relatively recent like, "When discussing stem cells, it claims President George W. Bush banned stem-cell research because it was done “primarily with the cells from aborted babies" causes me to think that either the author of the article or the author of the content itself misunderstood Bush's actual policy decision. Step cell research actually increased during his administration, with its approval. What they (and the administration's bioethics committee) wanted to do was isolate the possibility of such a source of stem cells. Rather than discussing this inaccuracy, the Slate author instead discusses how stem cell research isn't primarily or substantively interested in getting cells from aborted fetuses.

Fiddytree · Jan 16, 2014

Likewise, I must comment on the "Patriot's History" matter. It is indeed true that it is a conservative interpretation of American history, dubbed "patriotic" and indeed it is somewhat stupid. That being said, we cannot also ignore that Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" (which "Patriot's History" outright tries to counter) is likewise heavily criticized for over-simplicity, propagandizing, and so forth. In which case what we have is two histories: a democratic socialist interpretation and a populist conservative interpretation. Both are popular, with Zinn being the most prominent in the public schools or intro-level college courses.

lizzie · Jan 16, 2014

Wow, if that's the case, things have certainly changed since I was a young school-age child in Texas back in the 60's.

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