BIG ISSUE AMONG THE PARENTS CURRENTLY TRENDING ON CERTAIN CROTON/CORTLANDT FORUMS---REGENTS EXAMS--NY MAKES IT OFFICIAL--OUR H.S. DIPLOMA IS WORTHLESS

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NY MAKES IT OFFICIAL--OUR H.S. DIPLOMA IS WORTHLESS

New York’s race to the bottom in education continued apace Monday, as the Board of Regents scrapped the requirement that the state’s high schoolers actually learn something to graduate.

For 30 years, students needed to pass at least four Regents exams — in math, English, science and Global Studies — to earn a diploma. To be clear, this standard was the barest minimum. The governing board kept lowering the score needed to pass the tests, watering down the results.

But it was something: A tangible requirement — a responsibility — that showed we as a state cared about accountability.

And that’s exactly the word that the Teachers Union hates. MORE AT New York makes it official: Our high school diploma is worthless