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Pennsylvania school district to pay $1M in intelligent design lawsuit fees February 22, 2006
[JURIST] Pennsylvania's Dover Area School District [official website] has agreed to pay $1 million in plaintiff's attorneys' fees after a federal district court found that the school district's inclusion of intelligent design theory in its high school bio....... [more] 
US scientists group slams intelligent design legislation February 20, 2006
[JURIST] The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) [group website], the world's largest general scientific society, has denounced legislation and policies [statement, PDF; press release] that "undermine evolution" and "deprive student....... [more] 
California school discontinues 'intelligent design' course in settlement January 17, 2006
[JURIST] A California school district has agreed to stop teaching a philosophy class [AU press release] discussing intelligent design theory [Natural History backgrounder; JURIST news archive] as part of a settlement agreement filed Tuesday, according to....... [more] 
California high school sued over 'intelligent design' elective January 11, 2006
[JURIST] A group of parents filed a lawsuit against Frazier Mountain High School [school website] on Tuesday, arguing that a religion-based class teaching an alternative to evolution should be removed from the curriculum because it violates the US Constit....... [more] 
'Intelligent design' policy rescinded in Pennsylvania school district January 4, 2006
[JURIST] The newly elected Dover Area School District [official website] school board on Tuesday evening unanimously voted to rescind the district's policy of teaching intelligent design theory [Natural History backgrounder] as an alternative to evolution....... [more] 
BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal judge rules against 'intelligent design' in public schools December 20, 2005
[JURIST] AP is reporting that a federal judge has ruled that "intelligent design" cannot be taught in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district. US District Judge John E. Jones III ruled Tuesday that the Dover Area School District [official....... [more] 
Robertson says PA town ousting intelligent design school board spurned God November 11, 2005
[JURIST] Televangelist Pat Robertson [personal website] told residents of Dover, Pennsylvania that they had "voted God out of your city" in local elections earlier this week by ousting eight school board members [JURIST report] who had supported teaching....... [more] 
Kansas school board approves intelligent design approach to evolution November 9, 2005
[JURIST] In a victory for intelligent design advocates, the Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday approved by a vote of 6-4 revised science standards [BoE materials] that require students to understand not only evolution [BBC backgrounder], but also recent....... [more] 
Pennsylvania intelligent design trial ends November 5, 2005
[JURIST] The landmark Pennsylvania trial debating the legality of a school district's decision to teach ninth-grade biology students the theory of anti-evolutionary intelligent design [Natural History backgrounder] drew to a close Friday. The plaintiffs,....... [more] 



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