Tag: public school science teaching

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Steve Fuller

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January 7, 2026

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, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, Dover 20th anniversary, Dover intelligent design trial, Dover school board, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Judge Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Materialism, Neo-Darwinism, public school science teaching, science and religion, science education, Steve Fuller}

20 Years After Dover: Steve Fuller on Science, Censorship, and the “Church of Darwin”

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January 7, 2026

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In this ID The Future, host Casey Luskin concludes a two-part conversation with University of Warwick professor and author Steve Fuller reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, a case that examined the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design in public schools. Fuller discusses his experience serving as an expert witness for the defense. He defends his support of a policy that merely informed students of alternative theories to Darwinian evolution. He explains why high school is an ideal time to encourage an open mind toward science. Then he pivots to discuss the deeper issue of institutional censorship in science and how establishment science functions as a religion. He characterizes intelligent design as "anti-establishment" and suggests there's hope for a more pluralistic approach to science in the near future. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

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December 17, 2025

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, Casey Luskin, constitutional law, Darwinism, Dover case, Dover Trial, Dover v. Kitzmiller trial, Evolution, ID research program, Intelligent Design, Judge Jones, legal cases, Materialism, Neo-Darwinism, Over After Dover, peer-reviewed intelligent design papers, peer-reviewed research, public school science teaching}

Casey Luskin: How the ID Movement Has Flourished Since the Dover Trial

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December 17, 2025

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Was the modern intelligent design (ID) movement "over after Dover," as many ID critics hoped it would be? Quite the opposite. In the last two decades ID has flourished as a scientific research program and continues to gain momentum in both academia and the public square. On today's ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with geologist, legal scholar, and Dover trial expert Dr. Casey Luskin. In this segment, marking the 20th anniversary of the Kitzmiller vs. Dover trial of 2005, the pair examine the outcome of the Dover trial, in which a judge ruled that intelligent design was a religious viewpoint, not science, and therefore unconstitutional to teach in public schools. Luskin explains why the Dover ruling was highly flawed and unreliable and how it misrepresented the definition of science and the arguments of ID proponents. Luskin also reveals how the ID movement has flourished in the twenty years since Dover. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
December 15, 2025

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, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, Dover case, Dover intelligent design trial, Dover Trial, Dover v. Kitzmiller trial, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Judge Jones, legal cases, Materialism, Neo-Darwinism, Over After Dover, public school science teaching}

Casey Luskin: ID Over After Dover? Not Even Close

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December 15, 2025

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Over After Dover. That was the hopeful mantra of many critics of intelligent design (ID) after the Kitzmiller vs. Dover trial in 2005. They were hoping a federal judge could issue a decree from on high that would stop the ID movement cold in its tracks and neo-Darwinism could go back to being unquestioned, unchallenged orthodoxy. But was it over after Dover? Not even close. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid marks the 20th anniversary of the Dover trial by beginning a two-part conversation with geologist, legal scholar, and Dover trial expert Dr. Casey Luskin. Luskin takes us back to 2005 to give us his unique perspective on the events that led to the Dover trial, his own personal experiences of the case, and the position the Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture held on the issues at stake. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›

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John G. West

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June 27, 2018

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The Tenth Anniversary of the Louisiana Science Education Act — and Why It Matters

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June 27, 2018

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On this episode of ID the Future, host Sarah Chaffee talks with Center for Science and Culture co-founder Dr. John West about the Louisiana Science Education Act, passed ten years ago this week. Dr. West explains why it mattered then for academic freedom, how it’s stood up to criticism in the ten years since then, and why it matters today — including the example it sets for other states as well-crafted, resilient, and science-friendly legislation, that even the ACLU has recognized it needs to support!