A decision that strengthens the wall between church and state
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- DOVER AND BEYOND. // Christian Century;1/24/2006, Vol. 123 Issue 2, p12
The article comments on the impact of the ruling of Judge John E. Jones III on the intelligent design (ID) trial in Dover, Pennsylvania on school board decisions in other U.S. states over the teaching of evolution. Even before the ruling, the voters in the area have unseated incumbent school...
- Possible Road Map Seen in Dover Case. Cavanagh, Sean // Education Week;1/4/2006, Vol. 25 Issue 16, p1
The article reports that the landmark ruling last month by U.S. District Judge John E. Jones that intelligent design is an illegitimate science may have provided an authoritative guide for school officials and science teachers seeking to defend the teaching of evolution. In the ruling, Judge...
- Drawing the Line Between Science and Religion. Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin // American School Board Journal;Mar2006, Vol. 193 Issue 3, p49
This article focuses on the controversy over teaching evolution in U.S. public schools. In the 1982 case, McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, a federal court struck down a statute that required balance treatment of evolution and creation science. The dispute in the case Kitzmiller v. Dover...
- DARWIN IN THE DOCK. Talbot, Margaret // New Yorker;12/5/2005, Vol. 81 Issue 39, p66
This article speculates on the ruling of Judge John E. Jones III over the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case about whether it is constitutional for public-school classes to present the argument of intelligent design. Proponents of intelligent design claimed that it was a bold new...
- ID ruling expected to impact other states. // Christian Century;1/24/2006, Vol. 123 Issue 2, p12
The article focuses on the possible impact of the ruling of Federal Judge John E. Jones III to excoriate the intelligent-design (ID) movement in the Dover Area School District in Pennsylvania on other U.S. states. Jones ruled that ID is not science and cannot be adjudged a valid and accepted...
- Deconstructing Dover. Carpenter II, Dick M. // American School Board Journal;Feb2006, Vol. 193 Issue 2, p20
This article focuses on the Kitzmiller et al v. Dover Area School District case in Pennsylvania which involves the teaching of evolutionary theory in class. The gaps in the theory idea would only confuse students, the plaintiffs' attorneys asserted. However, the district's attorney argued that a...
- Victory for Common Sense. // Reports of the National Center for Science Education;Jan-Apr2006, Vol. 26 Issue 1/2, p31
The article comments on the decision of U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III on the case concerning intelligent design (ID) in Dover, Pennsylvania. The judge has said that the citizens of the Dover area were poorly served by the members of the board who voted for the ID policy. The author...
- "Intelligent Design" on the Ropes. // Reports of the National Center for Science Education;Jan-Apr2006, Vol. 26 Issue 1/2, p31
The article focuses on the position of U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III, concerning teaching intelligent design in Dover, Pennsylvania. The judge has delivered a significant setback to efforts across the nation to pass off the new form of creationism as worthy of discussion in science...
- Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial. Branch, Glenn // Reports of the National Center for Science Education;Sep-Dec2007, Vol. 27 Issue 5/6, p4
The article outlines the impact of the court decision on the case, Kitzmiller vs. Dover, in Dover, Pennsylvania. Judge John E. Jones III, the federal judge who presided over the case, ruled that the move undertaken by the school to require the presentation of "Intelligent Design" as an...
