Reply #183: Thanks

[loyalsister]

As an educator, I can see that you have been led to believe this is about ideas, but you must remember a few things about primary and secondary education when thinking about such an idea. I live in Missouri where there are two ugly pre-filed education bills. One is along these lines. It basically requires all textbooks to say the theory of evolution is "controversial," etc.... It is ultimately an invitation for submissions for the most RW introduction to the new Biology textbooks.
There is also a bill that would eliminate all mention of contraception from education about STDs.
It's no coincidence that these bills were filed by the same legislator.

The idea of influencing children at that age level extends far beyond academia and schools are used when they can be for this moral agenda.
An inventory of who becomes teachers and why is a good reason to take a second look. I don't have specific data, but I have read that students graduating from college with degrees to to teach primary or secondary education are basically some of our worst thinkers.
They are testing at low levels on standardized tests like the GRE and LSAT.
I have to wonder how many teachers themselves are going to understand that this thing isn't science. My Philospophy of Science class was a 400 level college course. Middle\upper HS? Are you sure?