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Critics call the change in the ninth-grade biology curriculum a veiled attempt to require public schoolchildren to learn creationism, ... Even the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, which supports scientists studying intelligent-design theory, opposes mandating it in schools because it is a relatively new concept,
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Plaintiffs Tammy Kitzmiller, left, and Christy Rehm express their happiness during a Tuesday news conference on the intelligent-design court ruling in Harrisburg, Pa. ... In 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot require public schools to balance evolution lessons by teaching creationism.
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One such zone of control is the biology curriculum of the public schools. ... Intelligent Design in Public School Science Curricula: A Legal Guidebook makes a persuasive case for allowing students to consider both the strengths and weaknesses of Darwinian theory as well as those of its chief scientific rival, design theory.
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Ever since Charles Darwin's was published in 1859, the theory of evolution by natural selection has been the dominant explanation for biodiversity. It fits the evidence better than any other theory, and is overwhelmingly accepted by biologi...
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- Echoing similar comments from President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said "intelligent design" should be taught in public schools alongside evolution.
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Witold Walczak, center, of the Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union, called intelligent design "a 21st-century version of creationism." (By Christopher Millette -- ... Another shot sounded in 1987, when the Supreme Court prohibited the teaching of creationism in public schools, ruling that it was not science but...
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Bush added: "Part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought. . . . ... Opponents of intelligent design, which a Kansas professor once called "creationism in a cheap tuxedo," say there is no legitimate debate. They see the case increasingly as a political battle that threatens to weaken science teaching in...
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INTELLIGENT DESIGN PROPONENT: ... 4. If a State Education Board decides to drop evolution from the list of courses it requires to be taught in public schools, does that decision violate the Establishment Clause? 5. May a biology teacher be fired, on competence grounds, either for teaching creation science or for not...
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Transcript from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ... President Bush said this week that schools should teach both evolution science and intelligent design in schools. Two professors discuss teaching intelligent design alongside evolution in public schools.
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