"Problem is, there are so many people who devote their lives to so many subjects I end up having to pick and choose because they do not all agree with each other."
We can trust the scientific literature. We can't trust it to be right all the time, but we can trust it's integrity. We can trust that it will find those errors and correct them (which it does very well). We can trust that it tells us how the natural world works according to our current most educated scientific understanding. Is it always correct? No. By far the best we have? Definitely.
"People who get their panties in a wad over a sticker in a book or any mention of ID as a possible explanation for the universe strike me as less-than-interested in true learning."
I agree 100% that kids should be encouraged to think critically, explore the options, and learn to make their own decisions.
The problem with the stickers is that we are talking about science class, not philosophy class. From a scientific perspective, evolution is one of the most proven theories in science, and the ONLY scientific theory that explains the diversity of life on earth. If kids don't believe it, fine, but suggesting to kids that evolution is less credible than other theories like gavity and relativity is a flat-out dishonesty. Evolution is as close to fact as science gets.
How would you like mandatory stickers in all bibles saying "Nothing in this book is scientific or historically accurate. In fact, many events in this book directly oppose natural laws and historic record. This material should be critically considered before blind faith is applied."
I just don't see how, or why, the two have to be so antiseptic from one another. Good God. Evolution teaching is just as likely to invoke a philosophy as creation teaching. Gravity and relativity are operative and observable. Billions of years of history are not. Your suggestion for mandatory stickers in bibles is overblown. The sticker in evolution textbooks does not make such an extreme pronouncement.