Texas is ready to join the world on Evolution.
After two days of heated debate, the board made a key vote Friday in favor of dropping a mandate that teachers address both "strengths and weaknesses" of scientific theory.
Critics of the "weaknesses" language argue that watering down the teaching standards of origin of man is an attempt to promote creationism in public schools.
Critics of the proposal to drop the mandate blame "left-wing ideology" for trying to stifle free speech.