The mayhem and looting that followed the Black Lives Matter protest over the weekend recalled the Rochester riots of 1964.
Mark Hare
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Integrated metro schools can be a reality in Rochester
City-suburban partnerships could develop integrated pilot magnet schools, similar to national models that are improving outcomes for low-income students.
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A matter of trust
(One of a series of articles on the challenge of creating strong police-community relationships in Rochester.) Law enforcement agencies around the country have touted their community policing efforts for at least 30 years. But does it work? Are cities any safer when police walk their beats, go to neighborhood meetings, empanel advisory boards, and help […]
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It’s time for Medicare for All
Believe it or not, says economist Robert H. Frank, President Trump and congressional Republicans, while flailing and failing in their efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, are actually proposing health care benefits that can best be delivered with a single payer, “Medicare for All” plan. They have good reasons to support single […]
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Testing’s not the key to educational success
Governor Andrew Cuomo and other critics of education view teaching and learning as a business – and as such, they believe teachers and schools should be held accountable for students’ successes and failures. But they measure success and failure only by outcomes on standardized tests and supposedly objective evaluations of teacher and school effectiveness. They […]
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School integration is more than enrichment
I am betting that most parents in the Spencerport school district would welcome participation in the Urban-Suburban program, despite the few voices of opposition. For 50 years, the program has opened the door for minority children from Rochester to attend school in one of seven participating suburban districts. (Spencerport would be the 8th if the […]
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For the homeless, no shelter from the storm
I parked in the Civic Center garage every day for the better part of 30 years. I became accustomed to the homeless men and women who spent nights and frigid days in its darkest and dankest corners and stairwells. They were sleeping or sleeping one off, often resting their heads on plastic bags that contained […]
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The ACA’s poison pill?
You are forgiven if you haven’t heard that the Affordable Care Act is headed back to the Supreme Court. After all, the court ruled on the constitutionality of the law in 2012. That should have been the end of it. But the ACA’s opponents are nothing if not relentless. This time, it is possible that […]
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Rochester’s health care revolution
The restructuring of health care in the Rochester area is a work in progress.
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Lessons for Rochester from Raleigh
Garner Magnet High School, just outside Raleigh, North Carolina, has more than 2,400 students, with overflow classrooms in 14 standalone trailers on the 100-acre campus, and 48 more classrooms in temporary modular units. A few years back, the school district purchased an old movie theater across the street from Garner and converted it to a […]
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Try voting for a change
My parents, Fred and Phyllis Hare, never missed an election. In the 1950’s and 60’s, they were typical of their friends in the little village of Owego, New York, near the Pennsylvania border. They believed that citizens have a duty to vote and that those who couldn’t be bothered had a duty to keep their […]
