Category: Blog

The New York State Board of Regents lowered the threshold to pass Regents examinations from a 65 to a 50 in order to ‘satisfy diploma requirements’ for the academic years disrupted by the pandemic. Read More

On November 8, New Yorkers will be voting on Proposal 1, the $4.2 billion “Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond.” Read More

Commissioner of Education Betty Rosa just set a new date, November 4, for releasing the statewide results of math and English exams. Read More

A state agency is refusing to release exam results revealing the nature and extent of Covid learning loss among New York schoolchildren. Read More

Micron says it intends to invest $20 billion by 2030 in a single “Mega-fab” and up to $100 billion in total over the next 20 years Read More

Graduation rates are rising while standards for graduation are falling. It begs the question: What number of graduating students are college ready? Read More

The announcement that Micron Technologies will build a computer-chip plant in Onondaga County comes with an important condition that will deliberately hike the price tag. Read More

New York City set an example worthy of approbation and emulation by publishing their grade 3-8 test results in math and English language arts. Read More