Alicia Aguon

Policymakers and educators on Guahan (Guam) are concerned about the persistent shortage of qualified K-12 teachers. Staff at the Unibetsedat Guahan (University of Guam, UOG) School of Education, the only local university that offers a teacher training and certification program, believe that more students are interested in becoming teachers but that the program's admissions requirements--in particular, the Praxis(r) Core test, which consists of reading, writing, and math subtests--might be a b...