This 2-day conference aimed at answering such questions as:
What are the basic tenets of the concept of evolution and how does understanding evolution play an essential role in comprehending science, and in particular, modern biology?
How can science educators from elementary schools to college campuses respond to challenges from those who claim that intelligent design is as valid a theory as evolution?
How can we prepare and support teachers so that they will be able to teach evolution effectively despite the controversy?
How can state and local officials in charge of education policy respond to attempts by religious groups and others who seek to change the investigative nature of science education?

Now the proceedings of the conference are available to all, with a mix of text, video, audio, and slides, all carefully integrated in one on-line resource, divided into three sections (see below, along with the presenters and their topics). There's a wealth of useful information throughout: as the writer who summarized the conference commented, "In an arena that has shaped up to be a pedagogical struggle for survival, the conference was a triumph for education."

Go to the website at: http://www.nyas.org/ebriefreps/main.asp?intSectionID=1561
Categories covered (across the top): Overview, Conference Report, Multimedia, Programs & Abstracts, Resources, Speakers. Try clicking on these to see their contents. Here's a sampling:

OVERVIEW: Ended with the following:
Last summer, New York Times editorialist Verlyn Klinkenborg wrote:
"Accepting the fact of evolution does not necessarily mean discarding a personal faith in God. But accepting intelligent design means discarding science. Much has been made of a 2004 poll showing that some 45% of Americans believe that the Earth-and humans with it-was created as described in the book of Genesis, and within the past 10,000 years. This isn't a triumph of faith. It's a failure of education."

MULTIMEDIA listings:
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The Nature of Science and the Evidence for Evolution
"The Nature of Science & the Scientific Virtues" Robert T. Pennock (v,s,a)
"Evolution by Gene Duplication" Wen-Hsiung Li (v,s,a)
"Discovery and Evolution of the Protein Machines that Make Life Possible" Bruce Alberts (s,a)
"The Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution" Leslie Aiello (a)

Pedagogy: A View from the Trenches
"Preparation and Support Teachers Need to Teach Evolution Effectively" Gerald Skoog (v,s,a)
"Science, Darwin, and Design: Teaching Evolution in a Climate of Controversy" Kenneth R. Miller (s,a)
"Teaching Evolution at Dover High School" Jennifer Miller (v,s.a)
"Academic Infiltration of Intelligent Design" Glenn Branch (NCSE) (v,s,a)

Meeting the Challengers: Reconciling Evolution and Morality
"Evolution and Religion: What are the Issues?" John F. Haught (v,s,a)
"The Culture Factor in Human Evolution" Sydel Silverman (v,s,a)
"Next Steps" Gerald F. Wheeler (NSTA) (v,s,a)