Every story of this kind should begin with the same question. Otherwise, one misses the fundamental point.
Specifically, if we could create a public education system from scratch, would it look anything like the one we have?
If the answer is “no” — and it should be “no” — then the Democrat-controlled New Jersey state legislature’s Bill A1669, which prohibited the State Board of Education from requiring certificate-seeking teaching candidates to pass a basic academic skills test, amounts to lipstick on a pig.
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Approved on June 28, 2024, and signed into law by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, the bill took effect on Wednesday, per the New York Post.
Section 1b, the bill’s major provision, established the ban on testing.
“Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation
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