Rodney LeVake

Chapter 8 of SOD explores what happened to Rodney LeVake

High School teacher Rodney LeVake's experience ought to be a wake-up call for educators who are concerned about academic freedom. We describe his experience in detail in chapter 8 of SOD volume I. Rodney LeVake has a Master's Degree in Biology.

January 7, 2002 - (Court) The Supreme Court refuses, without comment, to hear LeVake's appeal to them.

May 8, 2001 - (Court) LeVake's appeal is rejected by the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Rodney LeVake vs ISD #656, Case file C8 - 00 - 1613

"..the established curriculum and LeVake's responsibility as a public school teacher to teach evolution in the manner prescribed by the curriculum, overrides his first amendment rights as a private citizen."

July 10, 2000 - (News) TIME magazine reports on the LeVake case in an article titled "The Science of Dissent." Critics respond from CMI

June 23, 2000 - (Court) Summary judgment granted. No trial - the school's ruling is allowed to stand uncontested. Rodney LeVake vs ISD #656, Court file CX - 99 - 793.

"Plaintiff in the instant case has no constitutional right to teach his proposed criticisms of evolutionary theory, though they may be scientifically meritorious."

March 12, 2000 - (News) CNN rush transcript of a report about LeVake.

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Read Francis Beckwith's excellent San Diego Law Review article (Fall, 2002) on LeVake here.

Listen to an ID the Future podcast interview of Rodney LeVake with Discovery Institute's Casey Luskin, part 1 and part 2

Supreme Court: Don't teach evolution difficulties. Read AiG's summary of what happened to Rodney LeVake.

Read an interview of Ken Hubert, a teacher and former colleague of LeVake's at Faribault High School where he worked.