How do you deal with a teacher shortage?
New Jersey has the answer! (https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4288367/posts)
Heck, we’re talking bodies in the classroom. A new law passed on Jan. 1 drops the Praxis Core Test, which required persons applying for a teacher’s certificate to demonstrate basic knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Those standards have now been erased. May I suggest some new ones, more compatible with today’s public schools?
- Teacher candidate must be able to sit at his desk without falling off the chair.
- Candidate must prove he can find his car in the school parking lot.
- All teachers must join the union, the New Jersey Education Assn. (The National Education Assn. is solidly behind this.)
- Each candidate must show that he/she is older than his/her students.
- Five attempts to pass the test are permitted. At the last minute, the State Dept. of Education rejected a measure requiring teachers to know more than their students.