Trashing NY’s Regents exams erodes schools, hurts students—in the name of ‘equity’
NY Post
New York state is poised to toss aside its proud history of expecting achievement from its high school students by eliminating the Regents exams that, for more than a century, have been required to earn a diploma.
Why get rid of Regents standards now? Why, “equity,” of course.
As Education Commissioner Betty Rosa said in announcing the decision, the “New York State diploma should signify . . . equity for all students.”
Rosa emphasized her department’s “commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion” and a “Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework” that was developed to “create true equity in New York State’s public education.”
There’s no longer any way to cover up the fact that “equity” in the hands of union-friendly, merit-adverse education apparatchiks means lower standards and no accountability.
With an able assist from ideologues like “anti-racist” Regent Shino Tanikawa, the State Education Department is now on the verge of scrapping a long and worthwhile history of expecting graduates to master core academic subject areas by the time they leave high school.
