But it will be very difficult. We can win new resources, but only as we also reallocate what we have. But the first and most powerful strategy to gain educational resources is to promote the standards themselves. The Regents vote on an all-Regents exam approach created a turning point. It eliminated the low standard route to a diploma, and this will force New York to confront patterns of inadequate support for education.
Many educators argue that a crisis has been there all along.
True, perhaps, but many have managed to look the other way. It is acceptable to attack education in broad strokes and get away with it. There are no penalties for delaying and then reducing education funding. It has also been acceptable in New York to graduate many young people with modest skills. The Regents vote last month changed all of that.