A law prohibiting the New Jersey State Board of Examiners from requiring a basic reading, writing and mathematics test for teachers went into effect on Wednesday.

Aspiring educators in New Jersey are no longer required to pass a basic skills test for reading, writing and math due to a new law intended to address the state's teacher shortage by lowering the ...

Phil Murphy, New Jersey's Democratic governor, signed the measure this past June - eliminating potential educators from having to pass the Praxis Core Test, a basic skills exam covering topics ...

The couple's daughter-in-law effectively told them to back off, and has blocked their communication with their grandchildren.