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Teacher Alexxa Martinez works in her classroom in Nevitt Elementary School, in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 26, 2022. - Teachers in Arizona are among the United States' lowest paid, making the cost-of-living crisis even more acute for educators in this key battleground for the upcoming mid-term elections. (Photo by Olivier TOURON / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)

New Jersey: Teachers Can Now Be Certified Without Passing Basic Reading, Writing, Math Testing

A New Jersey law that removes a requirement for teachers to pass a reading, writing and mathematics test for certification went into effect on January 1, 2025.

379693 07: Teacher David Nieder of "Knowledge is Power Program" (KIPP) Academy takes questions from his class October 4, 2000 in The Bronx, New York. The Knowledge Is Power Program educates 200 middle-school students, mostly poor black and Latino neighborhood children, housed in a hallway on the fourth floor of a regular Bronx public schooI. Because of strict discipline where each student gets two hours of homework a night and a regular school day runs nine-and-a-half-hours, including Saturdays and throughout the summer, test scores are the highest in the Bronx. Governor George Bush of Texas, where another KIPP school is run, singled out KIPP for praise during his presidential debate against Vice President Al Gore. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Newsmakers)

Baltimore City Students Not Proficient in Math – But Why?

Billions are being pumped into Baltimore City’s school system, but students’ scores are still not improving. There are 13 high schools with zero students considered proficient in basic math.

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CA Math Curriculum encourages ‘Social Justice’ and ‘equity’

California’s new mathematics curriculum will adopt a new framework emphasizing “equity” and “social justice” for its K-12 schools after a vote from the State Board of Education last week.