Kids who are unprepared don't face consequences until it's too late -- i.e., when they're already in college and struggling to do the work expected of them. unai - stock.adobe.com

America’s kids are paying a steep price for lower standards and less testing in schools — and there’s no obvious sign of a turnaround.

It’s particularly troubling for New York kids, especially as state “leaders” have decided to stop requiring passing scores on Regents exams to graduate high school starting in the 2027-’28 school year.

How crucial are hard standards? Well, after colleges (in the benighted name of “equity”) stopped requiring SAT or ACT scores as part of the admissions process a few years back, a host of high schools evidently stopped teaching the skills needed to do well on such tests — even

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