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Tuesday 25 March 2014

Creationism costs taxpayers $1 billion

"An investigative report published Monday by Politico reveals that taxpayers in the United States will give nearly $1 billion this year to private schools that teach children creationism and discredit the theory of evolution."

"Journalist Stephanie Simon of the Washington, DC-based publication wrote that hundreds of pages of course descriptions, textbooks and school websites were scoured to see what type of curriculum was being offered by private institutions that receive public subsidies."

"According to Simon’s research, "many of these faith-based schools go beyond teaching the biblical story of the six days of creation as literal fact." Instead, she wrote, "Their course materials nurture disdain of the secular world, distrust of momentous discoveries and hostility toward mainstream scientists."

"They often distort basic facts about the scientific method — teaching, for instance, that theories such as evolution are by definition highly speculative because they haven’t been elevated to the status of ‘scientific law,’" she added."

http://rt.com/usa/politico-study-private-schools-957/

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