It’s not entirely accurate to day that Abeka and BJU and others *dismiss* evolution. They do address it. They just don’t arrive at the kinds of conclusions some people like.
They’re entitled to their opinion that the books are wrong, but it makes no sense to make an issue of it like this that requires a AP article on it.
What do they think they’re going to accomplish?
Buyer beware. You should ALWAYS check out curriculum you buy before purchasing it.
Imagine the shock a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Animist/Wiccan/ child gets when he opens his public school textbook and finds that he is being taught evolutionary theory as fact!
This article is such a piece of garbage.
Of course many homeschool texts teach creationism. That’s why a lot of Christian people homeschool - because they don’t feel evolution is biblical, and they have alternate opinions about the science. They WANT to have texts that address biology differently.
The anti religious left is vastly insulted about it and their fabled tolerance does NOT extend to allowing people to form their own conclusions on the matter.
I teach biology to a homeschool coop and I can tell you after reading many secular texts and biblical ones, IMHO nothing tops abeka or BJU. However, because of antireligious activists some colleges won’t accept those texts for homeschoolers. So I have to “flesh out” so I can document that the kids are getting their healthy (or unhealthy) dose of evolutionary theory.
This woman is clueless. What is she doing homeschooling if she isn’t even checking the curriculum out?