Intelligent Design

In 2001 Congress adopted report language in the No Child Left Behind Act Conference Report encouraging educators to teach “the full range of scientific views that exist” on controversial topics “such as biological evolution.” Known as the “Santorum language” (because it was originally proposed by Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania), this statement of congressional science education policy was passed with Read More ›

Click here to read the full text of the letter from the Department of Education. SEATTLE, MARCH 9 – The US Department of Education has given its clear support to the right of state and local school boards to teach the scientific debate that now exists about biological evolution. In a March 8 letter signed by Acting Deputy Secretary Gene Read More ›

REMAINING FACTUAL ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED IN BIOLOGY TEXTBOOKS PROPOSED UNDER PROCLAMATION 2001 The Texas State Board of Education voted last year to adopt eleven proposed biology textbooks for use in state schools after a commitment from the Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency that all remaining factual errors in the textbooks would be addressed by publishers before the textbooks Read More ›

SEATTLE, June 2 — Discovery Institute today criticized National Public Radio (NPR) for mounting a campaign of misinformation about the teaching of Darwinian evolution in public schools. The Institute also questioned whether NPR’s “ombudsman” who is supposed to investigate listener complaints really exists. Culminating with the cancellation of a guest critical of Darwinian evolution last week, NPR has aired a Read More ›

Discovery Institute has documented at least five recent reports on NPR about the teaching of evolution that are inaccurate, misinform listeners on the key issues in the story, and misrepresent the Institute’s position on these issues. To date, NPR has responded to only one complaint raised by the Institute. Below are PDFs of letters to reporters, producers and the NPR Read More ›

FOR RELEASE MAY 27, 2004 SEATTLE, MAY 27 – National Public Radio (NPR) is being criticized for censorship after canceling at the last minute the appearance of a high school biology teacher critical of evolution, while still allowing a pro-evolution teacher to present his views. On May 21 NPR’s Science Friday program cancelled invited guest Roger Dehart just hours before Read More ›

SEATTLE, MAY 25 — Discovery Institute Fellow Dr. Henry F. Schaefer III, Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia, has been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy elected 178 Fellows from 24 states and 24 Foreign Honorary Members from 13 countries, in April. Dr. Schaefer is a world-renowned scientist researching computational chemistry, Read More ›

FOR RELEASE MAY 10, 2004 SEATTLE, MAY 10 –  The Education Committee of the Alabama House of Representatives recently adopted a substitute version of the Academic Freedom Act on evolution that previously passed the Alabama Senate. The substitute bill limits its protection to teachers who wish to cover “scientific information pertaining to the full range of scientific views concerning biological Read More ›