NJ Mandates Teacher Certification For SES Tutors

Education Daily (11/3, Wolfe) reports that in order to assuage worries about the quality of SES tutoring instructors, New Jersey education officials have mandated that such tutors "have teachers' certificates. In 2009, after three years of 'negative feedback' from school districts on the quality of SES tutors, the Garden State began reviewing its provider applications." The piece notes that the "New Jersey Department of Education contended that requiring teacher certification would not pose an undue burden on SES providers because 137 of the 141 providers in the state already use certified teachers."