{"id":2932,"date":"2004-05-20T05:14:11","date_gmt":"2004-05-20T05:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/wp\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2004-05-20T05:14:11","modified_gmt":"2004-05-20T05:14:11","slug":"new-york-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=2932","title":{"rendered":"NEW YORK ALERT"},"content":{"rendered":"

The teacher’s union<\/a> in New York wants to force all homeschoolers to pass the state accountability tests before they would be allowed to enroll in college.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

She called the proposal “inconsistent” with the Regents higher standards and assessments, which NYSUT has championed. <\/p>\n

…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. <\/p>\n

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.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope the Regents don’t bow to this union pressure and do the right thing to fix the existing law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}