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 ...

After years of watching her students struggle with once-basic skills, from reading an analog clock to tying their shoelaces, a third grade teacher has taken her concerns public. In a TikTok video, the ...

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 ...

High schoolers in Oregon won't need to demonstrate basic competency in reading, writing or math in order to graduate for at least five more years because, according to education officials, such ...