Voucher schools teach creationism, and Wisconsin taxpayers foot the bill

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http://www.waukeshawonk.com/2013/04/05/voucher-schools-teach-creationism-and-wisconsin-taxpayers-foot-the-bill/

This article was written by Bill Lynch for the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin (ACLU-WI). It is re-posted here in its entirety with permission from the author.

Voucher schools teach creationism, and Wisconsin taxpayers foot the bill

By Bill Lynch

How would your child answer this test question?

How old is the universe?

(a) Approximately 6,000 years

(b) Approximately 13.8 billion years

(c) All of the above

(d) None of the above

The answer might depend on which taxpayer-supported school your child attends.

Based on their science courses, students in Wisconsin’s traditional public schools would answer (b). Science supports an age of 13.8 billion years.

Based on religious teaching of creationism in their science classes, students in many of the state-subsidized voucher schools would answer (a). The Bible, they learn, supports a belief that the universe is very young.

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1. How is this different

than teaching religion with federal funds? Creationism is not based on science but by its own admission religion. And not only that, these schools are pushing their own religious beliefs.

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2. Race to the ... "top."

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3. Cannot vouchers be withdrawn when students flunk basic science?

I thought private schools had to have minimum standards. NY has a state exam for HS students -- doesn't Wisconsin?