Ohio School Board Boots Out ID.

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  • Author(s): Holden, Constance
  • Source:
    Science. 2/24/2006, Vol. 311 Issue 5764, p1083-1083. 1/2p. 1 Cartoon or Caricature.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      STATE boards of education; INTELLIGENT design (Teleology); NATURAL theology; BIOLOGY education; LIFE sciences; CURRICULUM; PUBLIC schools
    • Subject Terms:
      OHIOReport Available; UNITED StatesReport Available
    • Abstract:
      The article reports that scientists are hailing the demise of an attempt in Ohio to sneak intelligent design (ID) into the public school science curriculum under the guise of a "critical analysis" of evolution. Last week, the Ohio Board of Education voted 11-4 to strike the words from its curriculum guidelines along with a creationist-inspired study guide. Evolution supporters called it a "stunning victory" and cited the influence of the December court ruling against the Dover, Pennsylvania, school board in the first test case of injecting ID into biology classes. Many see the Ohio vote as a severe blow to attempts to cloak ID under the guise of teaching the controversy. Kansas is now the only state with this phrase in its science standards.