Dover Trial

The Dover Trial, formally known as Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (2005), was a legal case in Pennsylvania that challenged the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. Parents sued the school district for requiring students to learn intelligent design alongside evolution, arguing it violated the separation of church and state. The court ruled that intelligent design is a religious view, not a scientific theory, and its inclusion in the curriculum was unconstitutional. This landmark decision reinforced the teaching of evolution as the scientific explanation of life's diversity in public education.