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Buffalo officials explain how New Yorks "Portrait of a Graduate" could reshape diploma paths
Summary
Buffalo City School District leaders outlined state plans that would create one diploma with endorsements, require a CTE credit for future ninth-graders, expand financial literacy Kto12 and phase in climate science, while Regents exams could be decoupled from graduation pending Board of Regents approval.
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Superintendent Pascal Mobeyinga and Chief of Academics Anne Batticelli described New York States Portrait of a Graduate initiative and what it could mean for local students. Batticelli said the plan is part of the states New York Inspires effort and would change how diplomas, credits and assessments work.
"The Portrait of a Graduate is actually one element of an entire plan that New York State Education Department has called New York Inspires," Batticelli said, adding the state is proposing four core transformations to secondary education,…
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