New York To Scrap Literacy Test For Teachers In The Name Of Diversity

dailycaller.com ^ | 3/12/17 | Peter Hasson/ap

[ColdOne]

Prospective teachers in New York will likely no longer have to pass a basic reading and writing literacy exam, the Associated Press is reporting.

The state’s Board of Regents is expected to ditch the Academic Literacy Skills Test in part because black and Hispanic teaching candidates struggled to pass the exam, according to the AP.

[cherry]

Hail teachers!...lets give them more money....maybe more time off.....

if you can, you do...if you can't, you teach...

[ameribbean expat]

Wayne State U. drops math requirement, NYC drops literacy requirement...only thing left is sex ed, which all those horndog teachers seem to have a handle on...

[Ancient Man]

They’re daytime detention centers.

[houeto]

How do you NOT move from there. I would have to go.

[laplata]

You are logical. They find that unacceptable.

[laplata]

Dey jus say it be bad and da white Kapatilist iz da cause.

[mass55th]

So, the teachers who instruct kids how to read and write English, don't have to be able to read and write English. Makes sense....

to liberal morons, that is.

I guess that means that literacy tests for kids will be eliminated too? If they're going to lower the bar for the teachers, it's only fair they lower it for the kids as well. Fair is fair, because we wouldn't want anyone's feelings being hurt, now would we?

[mass55th]

"So are the Regents actually saying blacks and hispanics are not as smart as other racial groups?"

It's another form of affirmative action, just like they have to be given extra points on Civil Service tests.

I went to grammar school and high school with both blacks and hispanic kids. I had a black female teacher in 4th grade. She had to pass the same college courses as everyone else to get the job. Nobody got special treatment back then. Everybody was treated equally, and everybody performed highly. In fact, there were a hell of a lot more blacks in the Honor Society than there were whites back in the 60's at the Rochester, NY highschool I went to. The educational system has failed our children horribly. Makes me glad I don't have any grandchildren, so I won't have to watch them be turned into morons.

[New Jersey Realist]

That’s kinda racist! They imply that non whites are not as smart. Wow! A conservative says this and he/she is crucified by the press.

[Herman Ball]

This is the reason America’s Educational System is a farce.

[Kozak]

Perfectly qualified to teach Social Justice, Condom Use, and Environmentalism the new Canon.

[dp0622]

Cause Staten Island is a Completely Different world.

And no way in hell are the crazy Italians and Irish out here gonna give a #### about diversity if the teacher sucks.

A lot of powerful guys on the Island. They usually don’t #### with us.

[drypowder]

And NY Governor Cuomo is currently gearing up for a WH run? This ought to kill that idea.

[Milton Miteybad]

"The last thing we need in any of our teachers in the State of New York is literacy."

--Gov. Andrew Cuomo

[Sergio]

The NEA, institutionalizing mediocrity since 1857.

[Salvation]

Who wants illiterate teachers?

[Bayan]

And people wonder why the education system is screwed up. This is truly appalling.

[JimRed]

\...black and Hispanic teaching candidates struggled to pass the exam...

Obviously a Caucasian-centric exam!

[Trillian]

They have name, date and race listed on the exam?

[gable39]

And from the department of WTF.......WTF???!!!