Jennifer Allen has wanted to be a teacher since high school. She admired her social studies and English teachers especially. After four years studying elementary education at Delta State University ...

The Oklahoma State Department of Education likely would contradict state law if it implements an ideological test for teachers coming from certain states, said the leader of another state agency that ...

Amid an ongoing teacher shortage, Oklahoma announced plans for a new test to screen teachers from states considered “woke.” The state education department announced Wednesday that it is partnering ...

Most tests that elementary teachers take to enter the profession don’t adequately measure their knowledge of best practices for reading instruction, a new analysis contends. The report, from the ...

State Superintendent Ryan Walters sits at the head of the table during an April 24 meeting of the Oklahoma State Board of Education in Oklahoma City. Walters has said he intends to require teachers to ...

Praxis Basic Skills test was a requirement for teacher certification Nearly all of New Jersey’s legislators voted last year to remove the Praxis Basic Skills test as a requirement for teacher ...

NEW JERSEY — A test required of new teachers is unnecessary, has a negative effect on Black and Hispanic teacher candidates, and is hampering New Jersey’s teacher workforce, some educators say. Nine ...

Roger Tilles is Long Island's representative on the New York State Board of Regents. Last summer, legislation based on the federal Race to the Top program was passed in Albany to create an accurate ...

America First' test would strain schools already struggling with ... s grasp of the subject area they want to teach and their professional knowledge of working in education. A teacher shouldn’t be ...