evolution is a rather complicated concept; look how many people think it means we were descended from monkeys (that's not quite it) and don't realize evolution is ongoing. little kids don't have a good grasp, either, on the concept of chance, or the difference between chance, randomness and accidents (that last having a negative connotation). they need to learn those terms and concepts before evolution is intellectually available to them. very tiny little bits of it certainly could be imparted along the way. for me the bigger concern is not that it's not taught early enough but rather that it's not taught at all in some schools, and that in some schools creationism is taught in science class. i am much less concerned about whether science of this sort is taught when a kid is six or 11 than what else is going into that kid's head, and whether evolution makes it onto the curriculum at all.

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I did the vast amount of study on evolution on my own and in college. I am finishing up my undergraduate degree in biology and planning on teaching science in public schools. I plan to put a good amount of time devoted to evolution. Going through public schools growing up evolution got a very short amount of time devoted to it.

Yup, It's not good education. Better to have them follow blindly the dogma. It's easier to control the masses. No critical thinking allowed.