About 125,000 New York high school students will receive a letter notifying them they’ve been automatically accepted to the State University of New York’s community college programs ...

It is framed in the Times as New York falling in line with the rest of the country, where high-school exit exams once prevailed but are now limited to New York, Massachusetts, and Florida.

New York could make Regents exams optional in a sweeping overhaul of high school graduation requirements. "Our students are unique and they're individuals," said Judith Chin, a member of the New ...

By Troy Closson New York could soon stop requiring many high school students to take Regents exams to earn a diploma, a major step in a sweeping overhaul of the state’s graduation system as it ...