What a controversial position!
Being a libertarian nut-job (TM), I'm highly supportive of homeschooling and private schools, and open to ideas such as voucher plans, public schools charging tuition, and even privatization. When it comes to the public policy issue of privatizing public education, the makeup of life science and earth science curricula is not even on the radar. The "compelled speech" argument against the teaching of evolution in the schools goes far beyond any multi-cultural sensitivity argument I have ever heard from the political left.
I plan to homeschool my children. In fact, I may have to do so for a period of time, if my wife and I adopt from overseas as we are planning. When I do, I intent to teach them as much science and math as they can stand, and that includes evolutionary theory.
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Being a libertarian nut-job (TM), I'm highly supportive of homeschooling and private schools, and open to ideas such as voucher plans, public schools charging tuition, and even privatization. When it comes to the public policy issue of privatizing public education, the makeup of life science and earth science curricula is not even on the radar. The "compelled speech" argument against the teaching of evolution in the schools goes far beyond any multi-cultural sensitivity argument I have ever heard from the political left. I plan to homeschool my children. In fact, I may have to do so for a period of time, if my wife and I adopt from overseas as we are planning. When I do, I intent to teach them as much science and math as they can stand, and that includes evolutionary theory. |