{"id":1800,"date":"2013-01-16T20:44:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T00:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2013-01-16T20:44:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T00:44:23","slug":"creationist-voucher-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1800","title":{"rendered":"Creationist Voucher Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

School vouchers (or as some call it, school choice). The simplest definition for vouchers is that the state government helps pay for a student’s education at a private school. Of course, there are nuances to the programs, but that’s the gist of it. Your tax dollars and mine are paying for a child to attend a private school. I’ve addressed my concerns about school vouchers before here<\/a> and here<\/a>. I’ve always wanted to research what is going on in the science classrooms of those private schools and I even started that investigations several months ago. But it’s a time consuming task that I could never get far enough into. So, I’m very happy to see that someone else took on the challenge! A website called Say No to Creationist Vouchers<\/a> lists schools that use questionable (and that’s a charitable word) curriculum and materials in the science classroom or blatantly teach anti-science. The site identifies and links to 163 voucher accepting public schools in Florida<\/a> that use creationist materials or boldly state that they teach anti-science.<\/p>\n

Take a look at what the Calvary Christian Academy in Ft. Lauderdale has to say about their AP Biology course (page 30 of the High School Course Guide pdf<\/a>):<\/p>\n

This advanced placement college course prepares students to have faith in Jesus in an age of science by evaluating college-level biology, chemistry, and physics from a purely biblical perspective. Students will examine the underlying scientific observations and findings in light of both the naturalistic and Christian worldviews. Students will develop a reasonable understanding and defense of their faith in light of contemporary scientific discoveries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s what Highlands Christian Academy in Deerfield Beach says (page 6 of the student handbook pdf<\/a>):<\/p>\n

We believe in creation, not evolution; that man was created by the direct act of God and in the image of God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Master\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Academy in Oviedo says in their Course Offerings and Description Guide (page 8 of the pdf<\/a>):<\/p>\n

All scientific concepts are taught from a distinctively Christian perspective, based primarily on the Genesis account of creation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think you get the idea. My sincere thanks to Say No to Creationist Vouchers for doing all of this digging. This research leaves us with an important question: do we want our tax dollars going to these private schools’ anti-science?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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