I wouldn't have a book on Creationism in my classroom

Exactly!

@NJChicaa I heard about creationism the first time in my life when my husband and I visited the USA and two young men accosted us in the street with the question, "Do you believe in fossils?" I had to laugh and told them that there is nothing to 'believe' and that we lived in a part of Germany where you only have to dig a hole in your garden and will find some fossils because once there was an enormous ocean in our area. There is a museum near our town which is full of fossils. One man looked at me as if he had encountered the devil's grandmother, thrust a leaflet into my hands and ran away with his partner. I read the leaflet from beginning to end and couldn't believe it! To be honest, I'm grateful for this encounter because without it I'd know nothing about creationism. I've never heard about it in Germany. There may be some misguided souls but they make no noise and have no influence whatsoever. I'm sure that if a teacher told their pupils such nonsense in a public school, they'd be fired.

@MALUSE some US states insist that it be taught along with evolution

Same here !

@NJChicaa That man was either very ignorant or very stupid. Either way, he should not have that job.

You are supposed to present opposing views on some topics. A Texas administrator said last week that if teachers had a book about the Holocaust then they should also have one presenting "the other side". As if there is "another side" on the Holocaust.