The great debate: evolution v. intelligent design doesn't have to pull a school district apart and leave both sides gunning for the other.

From: District Administration | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Sturgeon, Julie | Copyright information

Few topics strike terror in the hearts of K-12 school administrators like the evolution v. intelligent design debate--and with good reason.

School board members in Dover, Penn., found themselves blinking in the national spotlight when a federal judge ruled the district couldn't mandate intelligent design as part of the curriculum in December 2005, thanks to a lawsuit parents filed against the practice. Testimony revealed that a janitor even dragged an evolution mural in ...

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