New York City yeshivas face legal action after the Department of Education mandated compliance with secular education standards purportedly targeting the institutions. Critics argue that the State Education Department (SED) is failing in its oversight responsibilities, citing a broader negligence toward public education standards as it seemingly discriminates against yeshivas. The situation exposes a perceived hypocrisy, where public high schools can graduate students unprepared for life, yet yeshivas are held to stricter educational criteria. The article concludes that parents must independently ensure their children receive quality education in a system that struggles to meet its responsibilities.
SED is now a joke when it comes to policing the handful of institutions that have yet to prove they're preparing their students to meet state standards.
That an earlier SED effort in the name of policing the suspect yeshivas amounted to a (failed) power grab over the curricula of all New York private schools is a damning sign of the agency's true priorities.
With their political masters in the Legislature... the Regents, state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa and SED... have completely abandoned any effort to ensure public schools teach what they should.
Bottom line: Of whatever race, creed or income, all New York parents are on their own when it comes to ensuring their kids get a decent education.
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