[js1138]

Mandating that only one view is taught is clearly detrimental to the educational process.

So you advocate giving equal weight to UFO studies, Crop Circles, the difference between ascorbic acid and Vitamin C, alien anal probes, cattle mutilations, ESP, communication with the dead, and so forth?

The actual textbooks I have on my shelf, and which I have quoted from, discuss science findings from the historical perspective, detailing the path science took to current understandings. The actual books, as opposed to the caricatures discussed on these threads, discuss how evidence is collected and interpreted. They mention controversies and discuss how science deals with controversies.

[Liberal Classic]

Janine Melnitz:
Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis?

Winston Zeddemore:
Ah, if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.

[FreedomProtector]

If a student learns to presume that one knows the cause of circumstantial evidence before examining it, and a student does not learn how to contrast the rules of evidence, examine the weight or preponderance of evidence, and determine the relevancy of evidence on grounds of prejudice (pre–judging) or one presuppositions................ How will a student ever learn to how to study claims about "UFO studies, Crop Circles, the difference between ascorbic acid and Vitamin C, alien anal probes, cattle mutilations, ESP, communication with the dead, and so forth?" for themselves?