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- 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...
- SNAPSHOTS. // Education Week;1/11/2006, Vol. 25 Issue 18, p6
This article presents news briefs related to education in the U.S. The Dover, Pennsylvania, school district's policy of treating the concept of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution was relegated to the history books on January 3, 2006. The mother of a former 3rd grader in Prankfort,...
- Editorial Pages and Intelligent Design. Tucker, Cynthia // Nieman Reports;Winter2005, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p63
The article reflects on the significance of the editorial page of the newspaper "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" to the debate about intelligent design in Cobb County, Georgia. It describes the life in Alabama. It cites a disclaimer attached on new high school science texts in response to the...
- Texas School District Agrees To Drop Bible Course. // Church & State;May2008, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p22
The article reports that Ector County Independent school district has neglected a controversial Bible curriculum produced by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (NCBCPS) to settle a lawsuit in the U.S. The Americans United has accused that the NCBCPS curriculum is rife...
- Calif. District Sued Over Class Teaching 'Intelligent Design'. // Education Week;1/18/2006, Vol. 25 Issue 19, p6
This article reports that a rural California high school teaching a purported alternative to the theory of evolution has been sued by a group of parents who say the class should be stopped because it violates the U.S. Constitution. Frazier Mountain High School in Lebec violated the separation of...
- VICTORY IN DOVER! Boston, Rob // Church & State;Feb2006, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p4
The article discusses the decision of the court that declared the adoption of intelligent design in the curriculum in a public school as illegal in Dover, Pennsylvania. District Judge John E. Jones ruled that the program was unconstitutional because of its violation of the First Amendment's...
- CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'. Boston, Rob // Church & State;Feb2006, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p10
The article focuses on the efforts of several parents to stop the teaching of intelligent design at the Frazier Mountain High School in California. The parents prevailed in their fight when the school's board of trustees decided to end the class and not offer it again. The course was engineered...
- Unintelligent Debate: Time To Leave Behind The ID Twilight Zone. // Church & State;Feb2006, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p15
The article features criticism against advocates of intelligent design in the U.S. It was cited that Michael Behe failed to provide a direct answer on the question regarding the identity of the designer of humans. Behe proposed space aliens and time travelers. Moreover, intelligent design...
- What They're Saying. // Curriculum Review;Mar2006, Vol. 45 Issue 7, p3
The article presents views from public figures and personalities on issues related to education and curriculum. In a ruling by federal judge John E Jones III, he opines that while intelligent arguments may be true, a proposition on which the court takes no position, intelligent design is not...
