State of Alaska > DEED > TLS > Teacher Certification > Home. Teacher Certification. Teacher Education and Certification Office works with school districts and universities to grant educator certifications, approve teacher preparation programs, and administer teacher recognition programs.
On August 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law, fulfilling his campaign promise to âend welfare as we know it.â Twenty years later, it remains the center of a contentious debate over whether it helped, or hurt, the countryâs poorest single mothers and their children.
How Bill Clintonâs signature legislative achievement tore Americaâs safety net. President Bill Clinton signs the welfare reform bill in Washington on Aug. 22, 1996. If you want a sense of how thoroughly Americaâs welfare system has decayed thanks to the reforms Bill Clinton signed into law two decades ago, consider Arizona.