Intelligent design and evolution are two different beliefs that people have the right to go by. Should either intelligent design or evolution not be taught? Isn't it what someone believes in, themselves? Schools shouldn't be making this decision for students. People have the right to believe in what they choose and schools can't control that. If schools are enforcing one belief and blocking out the other, shouldn't it be what the student decides, and what their family decides? Yes. It should be up to the individual. However, if a family believes in intelligent design and the school is enforcing teaching evolution and only that method, then by all means that family has the right to withdraw their child from the school if they so desire. A school cannot make a student believe something. They can try to enforce a believe on students but in the end it will always be the student deciding. Not the school.
But some school boards have troubles deciding what should and what should not be taught in class. It should be up to the school board to decide and all the teachers and members of that school should agree on the decision. There can't be a couple teachers deciding they won't teach intelligent design, or evolution. They all have to agree. If parents at the school don't like this situation then they can easily pull their child out of the school and move. If the parents don't agree with the school that's up to them. But they shouldn't put the school through problems just because they don't agree with some decisions.
However, it can be a tough decision deciding what to teach. The board could have two different beliefs and then they would have to choose. They should have the right to choose though. They should have the full decision what should or should not be taught at their school.
