Ohio Removes Anti-Evolution Language

In the second major blow in as many months to groups seeking to infuse more skepticism into classroom lessons about evolution, the Ohio state school board voted last week to strip language from its academic standards encouraging students to “critically analyze” the established biological theory.

The board voted 11-4 to revise the state’s academic-content standards to delete that wording, effectively reversing a controversial decision the panel made in 2002.

“This was a win for science, a win for students, and a win for the state of Ohio,” board member Martha W. Wise, who supported eliminating the language, said in an interview the day after...