Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution

[Liberal_in_LA]

Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution
By DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press Writer

Saturday, March 6, 2010


(03-06) 15:57 PST Louisville, Ky. (AP) --

Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons.

Mule's precocious daughter Elizabeth excels at science and has been studying tarantulas since she was 5. But she watched Elizabeth's excitement turn to confusion when they reached the evolution section of the book from Apologia Educational Ministries, which disputed Charles Darwin's theory.

"I thought she was going to have a coronary," Mule said of her daughter, who is now 16 and taking college courses in Houston. "She's like, 'This is not true!'"

Christian-based materials dominate a growing home-school education market that encompasses more than 1.5 million students in the U.S. And for most home-school parents, a Bible-based version of the Earth's creation is exactly what they want. Federal statistics from 2007 show 83 percent of home-schooling parents want to give their children "religious or moral instruction."


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/06/national/a112446S05.DTL#ixzz0hXhcAtRS

[MichaelHarris]

1. and

that surprises you?

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Yeah... thought more parents would embrace science, thought creationists were wacky friinge

[Brickbat]

3. And the name "Apologia Educational Ministries" didn't give it away? Hmmmmm.