A blue state DUMBS DOWN its teacher certification process

And you wonder why red states are superior to blue states in education.
https://theamericantribune.com/blue-state-now-lets-teachers-get-certified-without-passing-a-basic-reading-mathematics-test/?utm_source=FFTP&utm_medium=facebook

New Jersey recently passed a law removing the requirement that prospective teachers pass an exam covering reading, writing, and mathematics to be certified. Act 1669 decisively cleared the state senate in a 34-2 vote as part of the Garden State’s 2025 budget and was signed into law by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy in June of last year.

State leaders have indicated that lowering standards for those who educate the up and coming generations of Americans is the best way to combat understaffing at schools. According to state Senator Jim Beach (D-NJ), who sponsored the bill, “We need more teachers. This is the best way to get them.” Furthermore, the teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association, was a major proponent of the bill, suggesting the testing requirement was “an unnecessary barrier to entering the profession.”


I rest my case.