Great Schools wants to set up primary and secondary magnet schools that would cross existing school district lines, each with a limit on the number of poor children it enrolled.
Mary Anna Towler
Mary Anna Towler is a transplant from the Southern Appalachians and is editor, co-publisher, and co-founder of City. She is happy to have converted a shy but opinionated childhood into an adult job. She credits a grandfather for instilling in her a love of politics. And she makes no apology for her liberal views.
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A reluctant endorsement for Hillary Clinton
Democrats must nominate the person with the best chance to win and who will best be able to get things done.
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Downtown and its future
Right now, downtown is just one community center among many, and it’s in competition with its suburban neighbors.
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Another schools ‘solution’ that avoids the big issue
We keep trying to fix the problems in Rochester schools. But none of the fixes address the cause.
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Is it possible to make America whole again?
“The bigotry and lust for violence and force that we’re seeing in the Republican presidential campaign aren’t new.”
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FBI vs. Apple case isn’t just about one iPhone
You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to believe that there are many things that government – whether liberal or conservative, federal or local – has no business knowing about you.
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Challenges continue for the RPO
Leaders of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra had both good financial news and bad when they unveiled their annual report last week. The good: The RPO’s young new music director, Ward Stare, seems to be generating enthusiasm among RPO patrons. Single-ticket sales were up 19 percent last year – to a record level. Total attendance for […]
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Trump, Cruz, and Rubio and the angry Americans
Here we are, with people who want to be president acting in ways none of us would permit in our children.
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Could Scalia’s death offer a chance for healing?
The Republicans’ reaction is one more example of the deep division in Washington – and in the country.
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James Johnson’s daring works
James Johnson, an innovative architect who gave the Rochester region some of its most distinctive structures, died last week at the age of 83. For many Rochesterians, Johnson’s isn’t a household name. But unless you’ve never been downtown, you’ve seen his work. You’ve seen it if you’ve entered Powder Mills Park from the east, driven […]
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Politics as blood sport: Is this what we want?
Debate smack-downs and outrageous pronouncements are more fun to watch and read than policy discussions. So they’re dominating the media coverage.
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Yet another scandal: now have we had enough?
If we care about the future of this community, and this country, we need to stop shrugging off these scandals.
