Currently, most students must pass Regents exams in English, math, science and social studies, he writes. Some retake the tests four or five times to earn a passing score, and critics say the requirement "may have led more low-income and Black students to drop out."
Betty Rosa, the state education commissioner, said the state wants to tackle graduation “through the lens of students” who have faced barriers in “access and opportunities.
In short, rather than try to improve students' mastery of reading, writing, math, science and social studies, educators want to make it easier for those who can't pass the exams to get a diploma.
Which also takes the pressure off of teachers to actually teach. At least in places where they're actually allowed to teach, but don't bother.
And they wonder why homeschooling and other than public schools have gotten so big.
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They were their students. How much more access and opportunity to learn could they have? These "educators" had them for 12 years.
What those students needed was more incentive and motivation to actually learn what they were taught. To take their classes seriously. Which means they needed shock collars put on them to force them to behave and concentrate on what they were really in school for.
Can't have competition with all the 3rd worlder's pouring over the border.
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