Imagine a classroom where students stare blankly at a writing prompt or fumble with math problems that should take seconds.

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 ...

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The New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, has asked its members to urge Gov. Phil Murphy to sign a bill into law that would eliminate the basic skills tests in reading, ...

Primary schools are reporting record levels of children arriving without basic skills such as talking, eating and toileting.

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 ...

We live in a world where everything is developing at an extremely fast rate, with an increasingly competitive job market focused on technical skills. However, regardless of how far we go, foundational ...