Dover Area School District

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public school district school district in Pennsylvania

Dover Area School District is a public school district in Pennsylvania best known for its central role in the landmark 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover trial over the teaching of intelligent design in science classes.

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Dover Area School District canonical 4

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instanceOf public school district ⓘ
school district in Pennsylvania ⓘ
aftermathOfTrial several school board members who supported intelligent design policy were voted out of office in 2005 elections ⓘ
associatedWith debate over evolution education in public schools ⓘ
intelligent design controversy in U.S. public education ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
linked to: United States of America
county York County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
decisionYear 2005 ⓘ
educationLevel primary education ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ
fundingType publicly funded ⓘ
governedBy Dover Area School District Board of Directors ⓘ
governedUnder Pennsylvania public school law ⓘ
gradeLevelsServed kindergarten through 12th grade ⓘ
hasSchoolBoardMembers elected ⓘ
influenced subsequent school district policies on teaching evolution and intelligent design in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction Dover Township, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania

surrounding areas of York County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
knownFor first federal trial to rule on the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design in public school science classes ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
lawsuitFiledIn United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ⓘ
lawsuitYear 2004 ⓘ
legalIssue establishment clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
teaching of intelligent design in public school science classes ⓘ
legalOutcome federal court ruled that teaching intelligent design as science in public schools is unconstitutional ⓘ
intelligent design policy struck down as a violation of the establishment clause ⓘ
ordered to stop requiring the intelligent design statement in science classes ⓘ
legalPrecedentFromCase intelligent design classified as a form of creationism for establishment clause analysis ⓘ
locatedIn Dover, Pennsylvania ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national and international media attention during Kitzmiller v. Dover trial ⓘ
notableFor central role in the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover intelligent design trial ⓘ
operates public schools ⓘ
partOf public education system of Pennsylvania ⓘ
partyTo Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
policyAdopted intelligent design statement for biology classes in 2004 ⓘ
region south-central Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: South Central Pennsylvania
schoolBoardPolicy policy describing intelligent design as an alternative to Darwin’s theory of evolution ⓘ
policy requiring a statement about intelligent design to be read in 9th grade biology classes ⓘ
scienceCurriculumAfterCase focus on teaching evolution without intelligent design as science ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
subjectOf Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
trialYear 2005 ⓘ

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Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District → defendant → Dover Area School District ⓘ
Tammy Kitzmiller → legalActionAgainst → Dover Area School District ⓘ
Dover Area School District Board of Directors → governs → Dover Area School District ⓘ
Dover Area School District Board of Directors → hasLegalJurisdiction → Dover Area School District ⓘ