[A. Pole]

government schools? Could it be the return to teaching of a flat Earth

We live in a constitutional republic and not in a scientific theocracy where scientists are the priests of the nature worship. So if the parents/government wanted to teach that the Earth is flat or if they wanted to close all schools and move back to the farms THEY HAVE RIGHT TO DO IT.

The last time science was put above all else was Soviet Union (political economy) and Nazi Germany (darwinism).

[R. Scott]

We live in a constitutional republic and not in a scientific theocracy where scientists are the priests of the nature worship. So if the parents/government wanted to teach that the Earth is flat or if they wanted to close all schools and move back to the farms THEY HAVE RIGHT TO DO IT.

I am well aware of that. My hope is that there are enough rational people that religion taking the place of science will not happen. If some want that kind of education, there are private church sponsored schools. The can even set up a madaris type school if they so wish.