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New York Schools Are Normalizing Post-Covid Low Expectations

As an elected parent leader, I am appalled that the Board of Regents is using gimmicks to hide the learning loss caused by school closures and mask mandates.

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The New York State Education Building at Albany. New York State Department of Education.
DANYELA SOUZA EGOROV
DANYELA SOUZA EGOROV

As New York schools struggle to recover from damaging Covid shutdowns, the Board of Regents is set to lower standards for what is a “good enough” education in New York. 

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DANYELA SOUZA EGOROV
DANYELA SOUZA EGOROV

Ms. Egorov is a public school parent at New York City and the founder of Families for NY, a Substack focused on issues relating to New York and education.

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