back thanks for joining us how popular is creationism becoming homeschooling curriculum and even in our schools yes well in the public school system obviously it's not very popular because you're not allowed to teach it you're only allowed to teach the religion of evolution isn't the darwinian side of evolutionism which isn't scientific but in homeschool movement so i say let them do whatever they want that's why they're homeschooling that's there's a reason for that they know just like our founding fathers knew that god is the one who gave them the authority over teaching their children the government's not in charge of teaching the kids the parents on so let him teach what they want and you're suggesting that this this is not child abuse this is actually preparing children for a functioning future to teach them of the world is only six thousand years old absolutely not only is it true it's not child abuse at all see here's the problem tom when we take a child and teach him that he's nothing but an animal and that he is a higher highly evolved to hear an animal and there there is no ri

argue that homeschooling can't possibly compare with traditional schooling experiences but there are concerns that homeschooling curriculum is being taken over by pseudo science and creationism so if you think that creationists have been marginalized in that their teachings aren't becoming mainstream in everything you know is wrong joining me now is eric hogan president of creation today welcome. totenberg seven back thanks for joining us how popular is creationism becoming homeschooling curriculum and even in our schools yes well in the public school system obviously it's not very popular because you're not allowed to teach it you're only allowed to teach the religion of evolution isn't the darwinian side of evolutionism which isn't scientific but in in home school movement so i say let them do whatever they want that's why they're homeschooling that's there's a reason for that they know just like our founding fathers knew that god is the one who gave them the authority over teaching their children the government's not in charge of teaching the kids the parents are so let him teach

>> we have danny, this is a bummer: >> and henn henry makes an interesting point about homeschool, if you have a dial-up connection. what would you do if the only school in your town closed it's doors forever? that's the reality forever in alaska, where schools are being forced to shut down. funding is restricted to smaller schools, and the state said it's too costally to keep them open. but it's not just for alaska. rural schools across the country face similar challenges. is this the end of rural education some and what happens to the communities left behind? joining us from rural alaska, ann taught at a school that closed in july, and darius is a parent and small business owner. they're both from teneky springs. they are able to join us because we use google plus and skype to reach out to people who wouldn't be able to join us in the show. we think it's worth the risk. and also, he's an alaskan and educator who is considered one of the leading voices on the shy. and on skype, hollowing out the middle. the rural drain and america. ethan, why this law that closes schools? >> i think

>> take homeschooling to the next level essentially. >> yeah. thank you. >> there might be people here who know the answer. i empirically don't know. there was a form of it done in europe called hiring a tutor. a tutor that would edgy hate your student all the way through. it could be cheap. our humanities professors don't make as much as lawyers or doctors do but we do okay. probably not many people are going to want to pay our salaries. i think it's a serious question. i mean i am very concerned as an academic and as an intellectual i'm very concerned about, i don't know what else to call it that the ignorance of the american electorate. it's distressing and extreme to see the level at which crucially important national issues are reduced to a series of propagandistic bullet points to a series of slogans that depending on whether you on the right of the left you put an appropriate number sticker on your car. you know the world that we have created for ourselves is an incredibly complicated world. it's not a world that you can simply reduced to

>> take homeschooling to the next level essentially. there may be people here who know the answer.i empirically don't know whether that's the time. there is a form done in early modern europe called hiring a tutor. you actually have an in-house tutor that would educate your children all the way up through. while it could be cheap, humanities professors don't make as much as lawyers and doctors do. but we do okay. probably not many people want to pay our salaries. not to be flippant. i think it's a serious question. i'm very concerned as an academic and intellectual, i'm very kind turned -- i don't thought ulster politics at the ignorance of the american electorate. it's distressing in the extreme to see the level of which crucially it portends national issues are reduced to a series of propagandistic bolus points to a series of slogans that depending whether you're on the right or left to put the appropriate bumper sticker on your car. the world we created for ourselves is an incredibly complicated route. it's not a word you can simply reduced to a few spoken and think i'm just goi