CSE Seminar Notebook - Free Bible Resources

“Let me control thetextbooks, and Iwill controlthe state.”—Adolf Hitler“The Supreme Court rulingdid not, in any way,outlaw theteaching of ‘creation science’in public school classrooms.Quite simply it ruled that, inthe form taken by theLouisiana law,it isunconstitutional to demandequal time for this particularsubject. ‘Creation science’ canstill be brought into scienceclassrooms if and whenteachers and administratorsfeel that it is appropriate.Numerous surveys haveshown that teachers andadministrators favor just thisroute. And, in fact, ‘creationscience’ is being taught inscience courses throughout thecountry.”—Evolutionary biologistMichael Zimmerman, “KeepGuard Up After EvolutionVictory,” BioScience 37 (9,October 1987): 636234Write letters to the editor. Most local newspapers have aLetters to the Editor section. Ihave found this to be agreatway to reach many people in an area, as each time Ihavewrittenalettertotheeditor,therehasbeenagreatresponse.Help teachers and school board members do right.Mostteachers,principals,boardmembers,etc.,involvedinthepublicschool system are sincere, dedicated professionalswho want what is best for students. Often they faceenormous pressure from small but vocal groups makingthemfeelthey arein thebattlealone. Informed Christianscan help by attending school board meetings, giving goodcreationist literature to these people, inviting them tocreation lectures. Donate good books about creationsciencetoyourschool’slibrary. (FAQformoredetails)Learnthereal(radical)agendaoftheNationalEducationAssociation (NEA), encourage public school teachers thatyouknowtogetoutoftheNEAandjoinaternativeteachersunions.Phyllis Schlafly (Eagle Forum), Alton, Illinois, (618) 462-5415 oreagle@eagleforum.orgChristian Educators Assn. Int., P.O. Box 41300, Pasadena, Cal. 91114,(626) 798-1124Keystone Teacher’s Association, P.O. Box 868, Mechanicsburg, Pa.17055, (717) 432-1727Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism (CEAFU), 8001Braddock Road, Springfield, Va. 22160, (703) 321-8519Review the textbook selections. Of the fifty Americanstates, twenty-two have astate textbook-selection committee,agroup of people who look at the books availablefromallpublishersforagivensubjectandthenselectfiveorsix that they "approve." The list is then given to the localselection committee in each county. The county textbookselection committee will normally display the books for afew weeks, giving parents achance to review them. Afterthe committee decides which book to recommend, theschool board votes to purchase that book for use in thecounty schools. Often the books are selected on arotatingbasis,withadifferentsubjectbeingchoseneachyear.Inthestates without astate-level committee, each county, ordistrict,orteachermaychoosetheirowntextbooks.Any person in the county may review the books andmake comments at the school board meeting. I wouldsuggest that informed Christians in each county getinvolved in the selection process. The Gablers are fineChristianpeopleandprovidelotsofinformationtohelpinthetextbookselectionprocess.TheinputoftheGablersinTexas will save lots of work for anyone wanting to getinvolved.TheirorganizationreviewseachnewtextbookasDr. Kent Hovind • office (850) 479-DINO (3466) •Fax 479-8562 24