[PatrickHenry]

All of this would be a non-issue if we would shut down the government schools.

Agreed. But taking on the teacher unions is at least as difficult as debating with the creationists.

[AntiGuv]

Interesting that this was written in 1984, when the contemporary besiegement of school boards by creationists was in a relatively nascent state. It seems much more timely in the present setting than it should have two decades ago.