The bill would end the Praxis core test requirement just months after a new law created a pathway letting teachers eschew the basic skills test. (Courtesy of the New Jersey Governor's Office) A bill ...

A New Jersey teachers union wants to change the state's standards for entering the profession. The Garden State currently requires that candidates for teacher certification pass a basic skills test ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A new state law passed last year requires anyone who wants to be a new teacher in Minnesota to take what's called a basic skills test. But now, some are questioning whether that ...

Students are taking more standardized basic skills tests than ever. But before they can teach the skills, teachers have to show they have them, and that can sometimes be more daunting than the word ...

EdSource · This California Teacher of the Year embraces her dwarfism as a strength The caller had personal knowledge that a recently deceased former employee of the defendant Commission on Teacher ...

Minnesota is considering making it easier to become a teacher by eliminating what educators say is an overly demanding test of their academic skills. A task force created by the 2013 Legislature has ...

New Jersey will no longer require candidates to take basic skills tests to become a teacher in the state, under a bipartisan law Gov. Phil Murphy signed Monday — the latest change state leaders have ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL - Minnesota is considering making it easier to become a teacher by eliminating what educators say is an overly demanding test of their academic skills. A committee created during the 2013 ...

Many agree: To improve education, we need excellent teachers in every classroom. One proposal before the Minnesota Legislature won’t help toward that end. It’s a measure to throw out the basic skills ...