November 20 2023- Last Monday, the New York Times reported that an advisory group for New York’s Education Department, under pressure to fix slumping graduation rates at its public schools, would propose not improving the education of the students but making the Regents Examinations, which the state has required since 1876 for a high-school diploma, optional.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/11/new-york-gives-up-on-high-school-education/