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by sheepmullet 2946 days ago
> When the silly federal government wasn’t meddling in local schools they could avoid teaching evolution.

Could they? Only with the consent of the parents.

You are actually highlighting the OPs point. Government bureaucrats made a crazy ruling and people with actual skin in the game had to go along with it.

You are just saying "Hold up hold up. Not those bureaucrats. You should be forced to listen to these other bureaucrats instead".
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bokstavkjeks 2946 days ago
> Only with the consent of the parents.

Why should the consent of the parents matter when designing the curriculum? If the parents in an area suddenly decides that they all believe the earth is flat, would you be okay with that being the science education?

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sheepmullet 2946 days ago
> If the parents in an area suddenly decide

And if a bureaucrat decides that flat earth theory must be taught to kids would you be ok with that being the science education?

It's the difference between a state run economy and a capitalist one. Of course the capitalist one is not infallible but it has been proven time and time again to provide better results over time.

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nunya213 2946 days ago
How are parents better than bureaucrats in this case? There are countless towns in the US that if left to their own devices would soon resemble Sunday Schools and would utterly fail at educating students to a reasonable level.
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sheepmullet 2946 days ago
> There are countless towns in the US that <snip> would utterly fail at educating students to a reasonable level.

There are currently countless inner city schools that utterly fail at educating students to a reasonable level.

California with its immense wealth, it's progressive views, and some of the most intelligent bureaucrats has one of the worst school systems in the country.

> would soon resemble Sunday Schools

Why do you think that?

Parents want their kids to do well. They understand the scientific method is important for a wide range of careers.

Conservatives are on equal footing with progressives when it comes to science except for belief in evolution.

Would you find some schools refusing to teach evolution? Yes, but they would be in the minority even in deep red states. And even then the majority of those schools would still be teaching the scientific method. They would just drop evolution from the curriculum.

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nunya213 2945 days ago
I think you have a very poor understanding of education culture and attitudes towards science in the US.
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