The dumbing down of America is getting turbo charged and being put into overdrive.......

New Jersey ends basic reading and writing skills test requirement for teachers

The New Jersey Education Association called the test requirement a 'barrier' for educators

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 by Gov. Phil Murphy, D., in June, went into effect on Wednesday at the start of the new year. The law aims to tackle teacher shortages in the state by removing what the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), a teachers’ union, called a "barrier" to certification in 2023.
The law states, "[T]he State Board of Education shall not require a candidate seeking a certificate of eligibility, a certificate of eligibility with advanced standing, a provisional certificate, or a standard instructional certificate to complete a Commissioner of Education-approved test of basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills including, but not limited to, the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators test, in order to obtain a certificate of eligibility, a certificate of eligibility with advanced standing, a provisional certificate, or a standard instructional certificate."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-jersey...t-teachers

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This sounds like a great idea…not.

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

Seems like the best way to create more democrats..

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I can't fathom how so called educated adults could sit around a table discussing this and agree that this is the best outcome.

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CCL Stroudcrowd1

NJ will flip red soon. This os Elon and Scott Presslers next target.

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From the article - 40 states require this test, meaning 10 don't.
Also, "They will also require a minimum GPA and credits regarding their field as well as a bachelor’s degree."

There is still some layer of protection before they hire a total idiot to teach kids, but I'd keep the standardized test if it was up to me.

But I wonder which 10 states don't have this.

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My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.

If the students don't have to be able to read to graduate, why should the teachers?

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New Jersey, the Tennessee of the north.

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When you get into the endzone, act like you've been there before.

This sounds like a great idea…not.

Sounds like Idiocracy.

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I can't fathom how so called educated adults could sit around a table discussing this and agree that this is the best outcome.

Well Kamela needs to work somewhere.

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A new broom always sweeps clean.

I can't fathom how so called educated adults could sit around a table discussing this and agree that this is the best outcome.

Well Kamela needs to work somewhere.

The New Jersey Education Association welcomes all those who flunked burger flipping!

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When you get into the endzone, act like you've been there before.