Aspiring public school teachers in New Jersey are no longer required to pass the state’s basic skills exam in order to be certified. New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy passed Act 1669 as part ...

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“We are creating a new generation of illiterates.” With those words, Robert Barnes, an official of the U.S. Department of Education, last week released a chilling analysis of a basic literacy test ...

Teachers in New Jersey will no longer be required to pass a basic reading, writing and mathematics test to be eligible for public schools, according to a new law. Act 1669, which was signed into law ...