I spend my days working with schools, educators, families, employers, and students across communities with very different needs, resources, and opportunities. From this unique vantage point, one thing is clear: our schools are filled with talented educators doing extraordinary work, and students whose full capabilities cannot be measured by examinations alone.

That is why the conversation about NY Inspires matters. And it is also why it is so important that the conversation be based on what is actually happening.

NY Inspires is the result of years of work by the Board of Regents, State Education Department, and Blue Ribbon Commission, and was informed by extensive engagement with educators, students, families, school leaders, higher education, employers, and communities across the state.

The Portrait of a Graduate that emerged from that process answers an important question: What should every young person leaving a New York high school know and be able to do?

For those of us........

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