The Education Secretary said he would be “interested” to look at proposals for non-religious schools from figures such Professor Richard Dawkins.
Prof Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, said last month that he approved of the idea of setting up a “free-thinking” school.
The comments follow the publication of Coalition plans to give parents’ groups, teachers and charities powers to open their own schools at taxpayers’ expense.
Bring it on.
Can’t imagine there will be too many takers, though – the British State schools do a fine job in this area already.
Isn’t the great old experiment “Summerhill” still around in Britain? I thought that was the Great Idea in education. There are certainly already atheist teaching in English public schools (That’s not “Public” schools as in Eton!). My sister was godmother to the child of a lady who taught religion in a public school there. The lady was an atheist, but getting the baby baptized is what you *do* in England.
That might be a good thing, actually. It would make the atheists put their money where their mouths are, so to speak, and quit taking shots at religious-based institutions. If they had their own schools, they couldn’t insist that the fine religious schools water down things to accommodate their children.
Its easy being in opposition. Wait until they have to define their philosophy in a positive manner that doesn’t include stating what they are against, what you will not be or sound any different from what’s really already in place.
Sounds like charter schools and vouchers. Bring it on.
Need we have any more evidence that secularism is a religion?