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New Jersey’s Bill 1669 Removes Basic Literacy/Math Testing For Teachers

Bold Educational Move or Educational Disaster?

Misty Rae
Town Square

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Photo by Austrian National Library on Unsplash

Complaining about the state of the educational system is so common as to be almost cliche. I’ve done it myself from time to time, especially since the mid-late 90s when my children began school.

Lowering standards, removing mastery of grade material as a requirement for promotion, removing enrichment classes, and getting rid of things like spelling and cursive writing. It’s enough to make a parent scream.

Crowded classrooms, long hours and increasingly diverse and complex student needs for less than adequate pay are enough to make a teacher scream. And that’s before taking into account such things as violence in the classroom and precious little parental support.

Teachers don’t go into the profession for the money, that’s for sure. Even in Canada, where teachers are fairly well-compensated, they don’t. And in the US, I suppose it’s even more the case.

Teachers teach, by and large, because they have a desire to educate and nurture young, growing minds. It’s not a job for everyone. It certainly wasn’t the job for me.

There’s no question that there’s a shortage of teachers across the United States. According to the Learning…

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