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Direct linkSparks, Sarah D. – Education Week, 2010
When a federal court in 2005 rejected an attempt by the Dover, Pennsylvania, school board to introduce intelligent design as an alternative to evolution to explain the development of life on Earth, it sparked a renaissance in involvement among scientists in K-12 science instruction. Now, some of those teaching programs, studies, and research…
Descriptors: Evolution, Class Activities, Court Litigation, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2005
The question of whether "intelligent design" amounts to legitimate science, pseudo-science, or religion masquerading as science has underwent a potentially historic legal test, as a federal court in Pennsylvania considered whether a public school district can require that students be exposed to the controversial concept. Eleven parents…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Board of Education Policy, Science Curriculum, Court Litigation
