Board of Regents mandates climate curricula as NY kids still struggle with math and reading

High schools across New York every year graduate kids who can barely read or do basic math, yet the puffed-up poobahs at the state Board of Regents are adding a new “climate science” requirement.Starting in 2027, this latest piece of the Regent’s absurdly named “New York Inspires” plan will force schools to teach K-12 students about what causes climate change, how it affects ecosystems and people, and the possible solutions; the powers that be in Empire State education are apparently worried that some teachers might be giving students the wrong messages.We have our doubts whether obscenely overpaid state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa or the board led by Chancellor Lester Young Jr.have the knowledge base and critical-thinking skills to oversee the setting of a solid climate-science curriculum; this move is simply fresh testimony to their politics-first approach to their duties.They’ve spent the past few years undermining academic standards, watering down state proficiency exams and easing high-school-graduation requirements — even as independent testing shows New York kids treading water in the middle of the national pack, despite highest-in-the-nation spending in the name of K-12 education.Rosa & Co.

are focused on hiding the failures of New York’s public schools, not fixing them; pretending that they’re taking education into the future with buzzy “climate education” is just another part of the con.The only thing “New York inspires” under this crew is an accelerating exodus of families who want better lives for their children....