The New York Times reports that New York is in a quandary about what to do about tougher Regents Exam requirements for obtaining a high school diploma, which are soon to take effect. You can read the full article here.
Here's a quote:
If the new standards had been in place for the class of 2009, the city’s graduation rate would have been roughly 45 percent, instead of the nearly 60 percent that city officials boasted of, according to city statistics. Among black and Latino students, barely more than one-third would have qualified for diplomas.
A Regents diploma is supposed to signify that a student is prepared for college. Today, most New York City graduates who enroll in an associate degree program at a City University of New York college need to take remedial courses there.
“This is the question that everyone is asking everywhere, not just in New York but nationally: Should high school graduation mean that a student is successful in first-year college courses?” John B. King Jr., senior deputy state education commissioner, said. “There isn’t a state answer at the moment, and that’s what we have to grapple with.”
There isn't an answer?!? Since when has there been *doubt*? When did high school graduation cease to mean prepared to take on adult responsibility, whether that is entering the working world or being college ready?
That the educrats seemingly accept this state of affairs is appalling! And these are the people who presume to regulate Homeschooling??? They are only graduating 60 percent of kids who attend, and "most" of them need remedial help to be able to hack a 2 year college program at a city college? The system is a failure. It is nothing short of hypocrisy for it to presume to tell homeschoolers how to educate!
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