N.J., Texas Eye Teacher-Continuing-Ed. Plans

By Robert C. Johnston

New Jersey public school teachers have won major concessions in a plan that, for the first time, would require them to take continuing education courses or other steps to update their skills.

But a similar proposal released recently in Texas has become a lightning rod for criticism from teachers there who contend that the Lone Star State's plan is excessive and punitive.

New Jersey and Texas are among a handful of states in the country that do not currently require continuing...