Having come closest to accomplishing getting ID into public school science classes in Kansas and Ohio where they succeeded in getting the State Board of Education to adopt ID lesson plans, intelligent design proponents advocated "teach the controversy" as a legally defensible alternative to teaching intelligent design.
Tendo chegado preto de conseguir introducir o DI nas clases de ciencias das escolas públicas en Kansas e Ohio, onde conseguiran facer que o Consello Estatal de Educación adoptase plans de estudo co DI, os propoñentes do deseño intelixente defenderon o "divulgue a controversia" como unha alternativa legalmente defendíbel ao ensino do deseño intelixente.