Judge Rules College Can Reject Christian Credits

[CC1]

A Federal Judge has ruled that a California University can deny course credit to students who graduated from Christian High School that were taught with textbooks that reject evolution and declare the Bible infallible.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402761,00.html

[dizzyde]

A Federal Judge has ruled that a California University can deny course credit to students who graduated from Christian High School that were taught with textbooks that reject evolution and declare the Bible infallible.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402761,00.html

I wonder how long it will take this one to be overturned? They are trying reeaally hard right now to push the humanistic agenda, but so far, outside of the gay marriage ruling, most everything is being shot down. The appeal on the homeschooling law was successful, I don't see how this one will stand up to appeal.

[Jermyn Davidson]

I wonder how long it will take this one to be overturned? They are trying reeaally hard right now to push the humanistic agenda, but so far, outside of the gay marriage ruling, most everything is being shot down. The appeal on the homeschooling law was successful, I don't see how this one will stand up to appeal.


Don't legitimate homeschool programs have to be accredited by some state governing authority? If the program is accredited, then there should not be an issue, right?


If the education is not "balanced", then I don't think a college should be forced to accept the credits. If you don't have some kind of "structure" that ensures quality and balance in an educational system, then you're setting the students up for failure.

So this really shouldn't even be an issue as the governing authorities should have made sure that the schools under their authority were properly preparing their students in the first place.

[dizzyde]

A Federal Judge has ruled that a California University can deny course credit to students who graduated from Christian High School that were taught with textbooks that reject evolution and declare the Bible infallible.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402761,00.html

Don't legitimate homeschool programs have to be accredited by some state governing authority? If the program is accredited, then there should not be an issue, right?


If the education is not "balanced", then I don't think a college should be forced to accept the credits. If you don't have some kind of "structure" that ensures quality and balance in an educational system, then you're setting the students up for failure.

So this really shouldn't even be an issue as the governing authorities should have made sure that the schools under their authority were properly preparing their students in the first place.

I'm not sure if you missed this portion of the original post. I am all for quality education and personally am not a big fan of the home-school movement, however, I think refusing credits because the curriculum includes acknowledging the existence of God is FAR over-reaching their boundaries.

[Jermyn Davidson]

I'm not sure if you missed this portion of the original post. I am all for quality education and personally am not a big fan of the home-school movement, however, I think refusing credits because the curriculum includes acknowledging the existence of God is FAR over-reaching their boundaries.

I got this quote from the article, UC's justification for their decision in this, specific case.


UC denies credit to courses that rely largely or entirely on material stressing supernatural over historic or scientific explanations, though it has approved such texts as supplemental reading, the judge said.