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According to the state's education department, 'NY Inspires began in 2019 when Dr. Betty A. Rosa, then-Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, wrote a column imploring New Yorkers to rethin... 1.000

👤 New York state's education department 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Education , New York

Simplified: New York's education department states the NY Inspires plan began in 2019 with a column by then-Chancellor Dr. Betty A. Rosa.

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4 weeks ago
According to the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC), a nonpartisan watchdog organization, New York spent 91 percent above the national average per student for elementary and secondary education in the 2... 1.000

👤 Citizens Budget Commission 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Education , Government Spending

Simplified: New York spent 91% above the national average per student on K-12 education in the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Citizens Budget Commission.

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4 weeks ago
This week's vote did not officially end the Regents exam requirements; it gave the state's education department approval to draft the new requirements, according to Chalkbeat New York. 1.000

👤 Chalkbeat New York 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Education , New York

Simplified: A recent vote gave New York's education department approval to draft new graduation requirements, not officially end the Regents exams, according to C...

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4 weeks ago
The state has already adopted one NY Inspires policy called the 'Portrait of a Graduate' educational framework for students. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Education , New York

Simplified: New York state has already adopted the 'Portrait of a Graduate' educational framework as part of its NY Inspires plan.

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'Advancing this work moves us closer to a more equitable system, one that upholds high expectations for all while ensuring that a student's zip code, background, or circumstance never determines their... 1.000

👤 Lester W. Young Jr. 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Education , New York

Simplified: Regents Chancellor Lester W. Young Jr. said the move towards optional exams is to create a more equitable system where student background does not det...

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If the changes go into effect, New York public school students would still have to take federally required tests in English, math, and science, plus a state-required social studies exam, according to... 1.000

👤 Albany's ABC affiliate 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Education , New York

Simplified: New York students will still be required to take federal tests in English, math, and science, plus a state social studies exam, according to Albany's...

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4 weeks ago
'In the absence of any coherent strategy by the State Education Department to meaningfully improve K-12 education, it is hard to see this as anything other than a means to paper over that absence,' La... 1.000

👤 Micah Lasher 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Education , New York

Simplified: New York State Assembly member Micah Lasher wrote on X that dropping Regents requirements seems like a way to cover for the absence of a strategy to i...

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4 weeks ago
The Board of Regents will vote on the final changes in June. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Education , New York

Simplified: The New York Board of Regents will vote on the final changes to graduation requirements in June.

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4 weeks ago
This week, the New York Board of Regents, which oversees the state's public schools, voted to make the standardized exams optional going forward. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Education , New York

Simplified: New York Board of Regents voted to make standardized Regents exams optional for high school graduation.

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4 weeks ago
They are currently required for most high schoolers to graduate. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , New York

Simplified: Regents exams are currently required for most New York high schoolers to graduate.

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4 weeks ago
She holds BS and MS degrees in science from Sudan University of Science and Technology, as well as an executive master’s degree in international relations and a graduate certificate in US national sec... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Biography

Simplified: Areig Elhag holds BS and MS degrees from Sudan University of Science and Technology, an executive master’s from CSIS, and a graduate certificate from...

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4 weeks ago
At the University of Arizona in 1960, he studied political science and graduated in 1964. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Biography

Simplified: Jon Kyl studied political science at the University of Arizona, graduating in 1964.

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He received his law degree from Arizona in 1966. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Biography

Simplified: Jon Kyl received his law degree from the University of Arizona in 1966.

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4 weeks ago
Please join me and Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse for a live “watch-a-long” of the first class of my course, right here on Substack at 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET. 1.000

👤 Robert Reich 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Online Events

Simplified: A live "watch-a-long" for the first class of the "Wealth and Poverty" course with Robert Reich and Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse will be held on Substack a...

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4 weeks ago
My big 750-student undergraduate course “Wealth and Poverty” course focuses on where Trumpism and inequality intersect — and why. 1.000

👤 Robert Reich 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Biography

Simplified: Robert Reich's undergraduate "Wealth and Poverty" course has 750 students.

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4 weeks ago
I’m also posting an abbreviated syllabus so you can do the key readings, should you wish. 1.000

👤 Robert Reich 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Online Courses

Simplified: An abbreviated syllabus for the "Wealth and Poverty" course will be posted.

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4 weeks ago
My “Wealth and Poverty” course starts right here on Substack, this coming Monday, September 21st. 1.000

👤 Robert Reich 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Online Courses

Simplified: Robert Reich's "Wealth and Poverty" course will start on Substack on Monday, September 21st.

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4 weeks ago
The classes will be posted on Mondays, all the way through the 14 weeks of the course. 1.000

👤 Robert Reich 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Online Courses

Simplified: The "Wealth and Poverty" course classes will be posted on Mondays for 14 weeks.

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4 weeks ago
She grew up in Lower Merion, Pa., and is a graduate of Williams College. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Biography

Simplified: Rebecca Tauber grew up in Lower Merion, Pa., and graduated from Williams College.

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4 weeks ago
Around 45 percent of students at the city’s public schools are Asian, up from 13 percent more than a decade ago. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Demographics

Simplified: Around 45 percent of students at the city’s public schools are Asian up from 13 percent more than a decade ago

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