Do you believe Creationism should be taught in public schools

[DC Al Fine]

No, but this whole issue is making a mountain out of a molehill. I get the impression on both sides that it's more about signalling that you are not one of those people than the education of one's children.

Frankly, I'm far more concerned about the way math and reading are taught in my local public school system than how evolution is addressed in science class.

[DC Al Fine]

No, but this whole issue is making a mountain out of a molehill. I get the impression on both sides that it's more about signalling that you are not one of those people than the education of one's children.

Frankly, I'm far more concerned about the way math and reading are taught in my local public school system than how evolution is addressed in science class.

Shouldn't high school students learn basic biology?  Evolution is one of the central theories in biology, if not the central theory.

Yes that's exactly what I said in my first post.

My point is that the debate holds an undue place of importance in popular educational debate. Perhaps I have been hanging out in the wrong corners of the internet, but it seems that evolution v creationism in schools screeds vastly outnumber their pro v anti phonics counterparts, and that is concerning to me.

[DC Al Fine]

It should be entirely up to schools what they teach children (within the boundaries of the law regarding free speech). Implement a voucher system and let parents decide what their children learn. So should creationism be taught in public schools? Not necessarily. Should public schools be allowed to teach creationism? Yes.

I know the Dutch educational context is quite different from the American one, and I'm concerned that I might be misunderstanding your point.

When you say "should public schools be allowed to teach creationism? Yes." do you mean state run schools should be allowed to teach it, or do you only mean schools that receive state funding should be allowed?