We're talking "little kids" here, Doc. Plus I thought the main mission of public education is to transmit the culture to the rising generation. (Silly me, what a "conservative idea." Of course, the Prussian Wilhelm Von Holbach transformed the mission of the public schools into "factories" preparing children to earn a living and become a "productive" member of society.... IMHO, this was a disastrous innovation which has resulted in massive cultural ignorance even among the "credentialled.") The theory of evolution is part of that culture; but it's not the only part.
Well, that was John Dewey's idea of public education. It also seems to be gaining traction with conservatives. However, history belongs in history classes not in science classes.