[Virginia-American]

From the article: this sounds like a good teacher to me:

...Frisby tried a new approach this year: He strapped a leather tool belt around his waist. Life, he told the class, required a variety of tools. Sometimes they would find it helpful to use art or music to help them make sense of their world. Sometimes they would use religion.

"We're in science class now, so we're going to use our science tools," he told them. "I don't want to be in a debate about religion or literature or art. My job is to explain evolution so you can understand it. Whether you accept it or not, that's your business."

On the wall behind him, a poster read: "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

Later the same teacher was confronted by a student who said "dinosaurs lived 6000 years ago, not millions of years ago".

Mr. Frisby responded "Thats' wrong. You can't believe everything you read". The student made another remark, but Mr. Frisby just continued with the lesson.

That sounds like the right approach. Show the student respect, but don't get sidetracked, and make sure the lesson material is covered.

As he said in the first quote above, the students are there to learn biology, whether they accept it or not.

[Virginia-American]

"If a teacher is making a claim that land animals evolved into whales, students should ask: 'What precisely is involved? How does the fur turn into blubber ... " said John Morris, president of the Institute for Creation Research near San Diego.

The late Henry Morris' son (president of ICR since 1995).

[connectthedots]

Frisby tried a new approach this year: He strapped a leather tool belt around his waist. Life, he told the class, required a variety of tools.

I think just one tool will do the job.