I don't really see how this news is bad for a student's understanding of science and their ability to be scientists.
This hysterical reaction is really uncalled for. I rather fear the day when students are asked to sign a statement of faith accepting nothing but pure naturalism as the all important ground rule of theorizing in science before they can be accepted into any science course.
Now who's being hysterical?
Look, it's really simple. We're talking about *science* classes. Not philosophy. Not comparitive theology. Science.
Science operates on this thing called Physical Evidence. It's really central to the way science works.
Evolution has lots of physical evidence. Creationism/ID has none.
The fact that this physical evidence is theologically disgreeable to some people makes it no less real.