I've had teachers like that. I don't doubt some of the horror stories.
My son had a science teacher in junior high that said snakes don't have bones.
The books could stand improvement, but they are not as bad as claimed.
My teacher in high school civics (who also was the girls basketball coach) said that Democrats were conservative and Republicans were liberal. I think I nearly flunked that class, and I got sent to the office on more than one occasion for arguing with the teacher.
There's certainly room for improvement in the schools, but it's my position that science classes aren't the problem. Actually, science classes (along with math) are the last bastion of critical thinking and problem solving left. Contrary to popular opinion on these threads, science curricula is some of the least politicized.
If they want to improve the schools, there are many avenues to take. I don't think science classes are the problem, and monkeying with the science curriculum to include creationism isn't going to solve a thing. All it's going to do is bring political correctness into life and earth science. Isn't there enough multicultural crap in schools already?
The real problem is with parents. If children don't have any self-discipline or moral values instilled in them, what makes people think a chapter on the garden of eden in life science class is going to do any good? They're just going to blow it off anyway.
No. Parents need to discipline their children. It's not the job of the school system to teach self-discipline. Students need to have it in order to learn. It's not the job of the school system to teach morality. Students should already know right from wrong. The job of the school system is to teach reading, writing, math, and science. The Garden of Eden and Noah and the Ark should be taught in Sunday School.