A philosophy class might not be bad thing to have as an elective at higher grade levels.

I doubt so. University yes, but philosophy, to treat it with respect, needs to be taught well, thoroughly, almost like a main subject.

How you can teach creatonism?
Ok class, now we learn on anothe creation. Some peopels belives that God made everything, and not evolution. End of class kids".

Unless you start just praise god and tell stories on it {all of these Paganic stories of "God saw that the flower was sad so he made him a bee" and so on}.

And btw Kasix, Orthodox jewish also dont belvie in evolution and are not teaching it in Religios schools here in Israel {They actualy dont teach much of everything and just creating more and more hobbos who live from the state money}. its one of the fist argue who come up when you talk on what school is better, a religius one or a normal one.

Sure, we could teach Creationism and breed ignorance. Or we could just pay attention to Darwin and his colleagues, smart men and women who did things to benefit science, not to illude thousands and incite terrible wars.

How you can teach creatonism?
Ok class, now we learn on anothe creation. Some peopels belives that God made everything, and not evolution. End of class kids".

you can take the 5 biggest religions of present day and some dead religions, to compare them. what links do they have. what believes are returning throughout all these religions. what religions have been revolutionair and what was a clump of different believes putted together.
there is allot to learn and discuss beside what 1 religion says.

see it as a philosophy class only about religions.

Yes it's okay to teach evolution and  Creationism should be discussed in a theology class (and pretty quickly forgotten) also teaching about different religions (the big ones, not the sub-sub-sub religions with their weirdos at the helm) with their different views on their gods. I almost took a theology class BTW, because I was interested in mythology back then and I'm still are.

Evolution is literally the overarching theme of the entire branch of biology.

I respect everyone's opinions and ideas, and feel that everyone should, no matter how ludicrous it may seem to you personally; however, one cannot stop public schools from teaching proven theories of science at the expense of not only their own, but other children as well.

It should be taught, and proposed as proven science. However, it is up to an individual to think on whether or not it exists; this may seem silly, but after all science in its entirety is experimental with no certainties per se.

@Kasic: you funny.

Short answer to the original question: Yes, in fact it should be mandatory

I think that if it is taught, it should be taught with a neutral view. Like teachers just saying what people who believe in evolution say about it, without saying it is right or wrong. I took a religion class in high school and it was taught like this. Teacher said what the majority of the religion believes without saying it is right or wrong. This is something that should not be said by teachers weather or not is right or wrong.

I took a religion class in high school and it was taught like this.

That's fine, for it is a religion class. Creationism can be mentioned in there. But evolution is not a religion, it is not a belief. It is as much fact as gravity, and thus belongs in science class, and be presented accordingly.

I doubt so. University yes, but philosophy, to treat it with respect, needs to be taught well, thoroughly, almost like a main subject.

I don't, you could probably pull off a basic introductory course.

I almost took a theology class BTW, because I was interested in mythology back then and I'm still are.

My interest in mythology is one of the things that drives my interest in religion. It's like watching mythology unfold right before our eyes.

however, one cannot stop public schools from teaching proven theories of science at the expense of not only their own, but other children as well.

The problem is with religion making it a hot topic teachers will tend to shy away from the subject. We see this with climate change as well. The result is many kids are not being taught properly.

It should be taught, and proposed as proven science. However, it is up to an individual to think on whether or not it exists; this may seem silly, but after all science in its entirety is experimental with no certainties per se.

Not absolutes just means it leaves room for improvement and gives it the ability to make predictions. It doesn't mean open to opinion.

I think that if it is taught, it should be taught with a neutral view. Like teachers just saying what people who believe in evolution say about it, without saying it is right or wrong.

Belief isn't a factor and it makes no mention of right or wrong. There is no moral aspect to the theory of evolution.