It has been suggested (in effect by the Creationists attack on science education.)
Unfortunately, government funding of science does equate to the politicization of science. That which is politically incorrect is not funded (if permitted.) Private funding has its own problems.
Right. Were it not for the issue of socialism, which alone makes me oppose state-run schools, I would oppose them because of the idiocy of school boards in thinking they can decide scientific issues in a political setting -- with raving idiots like Hovind debating against rational people.
Curiously, this looks like (but isn't) the same reason that the creationists hate the gov't schools. Like the socialists -- the creos would be absolutely delighted with state-run schools if they won the political battle to determine what gets taught there. What separates my view from theirs, of course, is that I wouldn't want indoctrination of any irrational dogmas (whether socialism or creationism) taught in school.