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Add The New York Post on Google The Issue: The State Board of Regents’ decision to end the exam requirement for a high school diploma. The New York Board of Regents has determined that passing the Regents will no longer be required to earn a high school diploma (“Ending required Regents,” Sept. 15).
This is a retrograde step. The exams may not be a perfect predictor of later performance, but at least they were an objective measure of achievement. They demanded great accountability from teachers and fostered a modicum of academic respect for the diploma.
Now that the basic safeguard has been removed, expect graduation rates to increase while real learning decreases.
The quality of New York’s education system has been on a long downward spiral. Years ago, the CUNY system eliminated educational standards with its open admissions policy, which proved to be a disaster and that ultimately was abandoned.
Now, after allowing Regents standards to be watered down, the Board of Regents has decided to stop requiring the tests.
This is a fool-hearted decision supported by ultra-liberal educators who don’t want to overwork or educate our kids.
The old adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” seems to have eluded the New York Board of Regents.
Over the years, the exams have been a challenge for students, but receiving a diploma gave them a sense of pride.
In today’s fast-paced, technological world, educators need varied methods to expose students to real-world demands. The proposed hands-on learning framework should be combined with Regents testing, in the hope of producing better-prepared students.
Way to go, State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa. Keep dumbing down America’s future generations.
This decline keeps progressing as we watch. Diplomas are already about as useful as toilet paper and Regents requirements are a wash.
We expect students to know fundamentals in grade school. If you give a diploma at graduation, at least have them understand who the first president of our country was.
The Board of Regents is admitting they’ve done everything possible to raise reading scores and have failed.
Now the Department of Education will become a diploma mill, producing useless graduates who will not be able to hold jobs. A vicious cycle that produces more government-dependent “graduates.”
Mayor Mamdani’s effort to recruit social-media influencers reminds me of Joseph Stalin using the media as an organ of the state (“Mam’s slimy secret signal squad,” Adam Lehodey, Sept. 15).
The danger of an administration having a private army of fawning influencers is that it can push messages to alter facts and history.
New York City under the current administration is like a frog being boiled alive. We’re the frog in the pot and the administration’s army of influencers is telling us to embrace the comforting warmth of the water.
These lunatic Mamdani influencers don’t belong anywhere near public office issuing statements about our country.
If they hate America so much, why are they still living here? There are ships and planes leaving virtually every minute to places they would be much happier, like China or Russia.
I pray they all leave soon and chip in to buy a ticket for their commie-loving mayor.
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