NEW YORK ALERT
The teacher’s union in New York wants to force all homeschoolers to pass the state accountability tests before they would be allowed to enroll in college.
In a letter to members of the state’s education policy-making board, [Antonia Cortese, first vice president of New York State United Teachers] said the statewide union believes Regents should bring home-schooling regulations into alignment with the Regents higher standards by requiring that home-schooled students pass the required Regents Exams in order to earn a high school diploma.
Cortese said NYSUT is also concerned about a Regents proposal that would create additional options for home-schooled students to go to college and be eligible for a college degree without obtaining even a high school equivalency diploma.
She called the proposal “inconsistent” with the Regents higher standards and assessments, which NYSUT has championed.
…Under existing regulations, no student in New York state is eligible to earn a college degree without completing a four-year high school course of study or its equivalent.
While the statewide union believes that students should attend public schools, “NYSUT recognizes that parents have the option to choose home-schooling,” Cortese said. “But that shouldn’t mean abandoning Regents standards.”
I hope the Regents don’t bow to this union pressure and do the right thing to fix the existing law.
One Response to “NEW YORK ALERT”
 Comment by meep May 20th, 2004 at 12:35 pm |
So… when do I get to hear that they want to impose these tests on the Catholic schools, too? How are we to know the quality of a Catholic education without those tests? I say feh. If I’m still in NYC when my kids go to college, they can just go elsewhere. I think my kids can survive without SUNY or CUNY. I’m sure St. John’s up the street from me would be happy to take my kids. |