Talk:Education in New York (state)

UFSD
Most suburban and many other school districts are called "Union Free School District". Shouldn't the article explain the significance of this term? Jim.henderson (talk) 16:44, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

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Allowing illiterate people to work as teachers
User:Aquillion removed the following


 * In March 2017, the New York Times reported, "The Board of Regents on Monday eliminated a requirement that aspiring teachers in New York State pass a literacy test to become certified after the test proved controversial because black and Hispanic candidates passed it at significantly lower rates than white candidates." 

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 * (rv; obviously undue, not a major part of the overall history of education in New York State.)

Allowing people who can't read to be hired as public school teachers is heavily relevant to the subject of education.

I propose that this content be put back in the article.

Brock88734 (talk) 15:02, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The rest of the article covers extremely sweeping long-term issues related to the topic; focusing excessively on a single article that seems to have received minimal WP:SUSTAINED coverage is clearly giving it undue weight. If you think that this has had a significant impact on New York state education as a whole, it should be easy to find long-term coverage highlighting its importance, surely? Without that it feels like its inclusion would be unbalanced. There are many, many articles related to various aspects of education in New York state, and countless changes to policies connected to it each year; what about this particular aspect makes it so important relative to the others? The article also doesn't reflect your framing (it was just one of several tests, and was removed over concerns that it was discriminatory - failing it does not mean that someone is illiterate.) --Aquillion (talk) 03:45, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Your reply is very well thought out, and makes multiple good points. Thank you for your comment. I will not be putting the content back in the article. Brock88734 (talk) 11:44, 10 March 2022 (UTC)