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October 2013

October 30, 2013

Attacking science, insulting Islam: the reality of PAC charter schools

By now you'll have seen my Salon article about how charter schools (mostly in Texas)...

October 28, 2013

Creationist charter schools: not just for Texas, not up to scratch

On Friday, Salon ran an article I'd written about tax-funded charter schools in Texas which promote creationism....

October 16, 2013

An invitation for abuse

I had a great time at Leicester Skeptics last night, and someone asked a particularly...

September 2013

September 02, 2013

Creating a fundamentalist bubble

In my first ever blog post, I wrote that the blog existed to expose the...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

God or Gorilla?

W.A. Criswell’s Did Man Just Happen? is a creationist classic, first written in 1957 and...

July 23, 2013

No more Nessie for Accelerated Christian Education

I suppose I can chalk this up as a victory. The new edition ACE PACEs...

July 04, 2013

ACE teacher jailed for sex attacks (UK)

From Fleetwood Today, 19/6/2010: A TEACHER who molested a teenage girl more than 25 years ago...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

Accelerated Christian Education launches new science video series

Here is the first in a series of science documentaries being launched by Accelerated...

May 09, 2013

ACE takes over Reddit; survivor stories abound

For those of you that don't know, Reddit is a link-sharing site which kind of doubles...

May 07, 2013

ACE in New Humanist magazine: A fundamental problem

My article on ACE schools for New Humanist magazine is now online. There won't be a...

April 2013

April 19, 2013

I quit

Happy birthday Leaving Fundamentalism. It's been a good first year for this blog, capped off...

April 18, 2013

February 2013

February 25, 2013

The Christian Schools’ Trust

Although I usually blog about Accelerated Christian Education, they're not the only Christian schools in...

February 18, 2013

Survivor Story: ACE and Bible Verse Bookmarks

"I was shunned, but survived". I'm thrilled to present today's guest post, from Rebecca Arman...

February 11, 2013

A step-by-step guide to beating children, by ACE

Last week, I finally got my hands on something I've been trying to get for...

January 2013

January 18, 2013

Creationists lying repeatedly

[New to this blog? Then you might not know what Accelerated Christian Education is. Here's...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

I’m not racist, but…

Sometimes, the comment section is the best bit of this blog. Whether it's someone who's...

November 19, 2012

A neutral observer’s view of ACE schools

This is from the Times Educational Supplement, Scotland, July 2007: "The modest building is home to the...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Why don’t we just ban fundamentalist schools?

For a while now, I've been wondering if programmes like Accelerated Christian Education should just be...

October 26, 2012

Vlog: The case for Accelerated Christian Education

I am constantly inviting guest posts on this blog. I particularly want to hear someone...

September 2012

September 10, 2012

Former ACE employee turns whistleblower

For a few months now I have been in contact with a former employee of...

September 07, 2012

Teaching Right-Wing Propaganda (Part 2)

Some time ago, I began explaining how ACE promotes right-wing propaganda in its politics syllabus....

September 05, 2012

The Best Email Ever (Another ACE Survivor Story)

Since I started this blog, I've been hoping that the parents of an ACE homeschooler...

September 03, 2012

Dawkins on Accelerated Christian Education (again) and Ofsted Reports

In his diary for the New Statesman in 2006, Richard Dawkins shared this on Accelerated Christian...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Alberta Department of Education Reviews ACE

In 1985, the Canadian province of Alberta got very worried about Accelerated Christian Education. In...

August 22, 2012

Accelerated Christian Education’s Literature Course

This week, I have mostly been reading hogwash. The downside of studying fundamentalism is that...

August 13, 2012

Education: How to do it right

I love TED talks. I love that the best ideas from some of the best...

August 08, 2012

Educational Psychology vs. the Christian Right

Of all the peer-reviewed literature on the Christian Right I’ve found, Professor David Berliner’s is...

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