Diana Dombrowski -Rockland/Westchester Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 11/11/23
What it takes to earn a high school diploma in New York is on the cusp of change.
Will New York’s venerable Regents exams lose their central role?
After doing extensive research and gathering feedback from students, parents and others, a state commission dedicated to rethinking New York’s graduation requirements will share its recommendations with the state Board of Regents on Monday.
“We have listened, we have agreed to disagree, but we’ve done it with respect and we’ve done it with a sense of openness,” state Education Commission Betty Rosa said during last month’s Board of Regents meeting.