Test scores are one metric that show charter schools’ success. But some advocacy groups argue there shouldn’t be ‘bad’ school choices.
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Data shows African Americans, Latinos continue to be underserved in Rochester region
Among the findings of the report: African American children in the region are almost four times more likely than white children to grow up poor, while Latino children are three times as likely as their white peers.
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Yet another report says our poverty rate persists
We’re perfectly willing to address poverty in ways that make us feel good, as long as poverty stays in its place.
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Poverty is still a major problem, ACT Rochester reports
ACT Rochester, which tracks the basic well-being of the nine-county Greater Rochester area, released its latest “Community Report Card” this morning. And while the report contains a bit of good news, much of the news in the report is negative. The Rochester region has a very serious problem with poverty and issues related to it. […]
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Urban Action 2/7
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Douglass and today The Rochester Contemporary Art Center (137 East Avenue, downtown) will host a discussion on the topic “What Would Frederick Douglass Do?” at 7 p.m. February 8, focusing on the region’s […]
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How racist is Rochester?
Zoning codes, employment practices, development policies, voting laws, criminal justice policies: all of these have helped keep people of color impoverished.
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People of color much worse off here, report says
African Americans and Latinx in the nine-county Greater Rochester area are more than three times as likely to be poor as whites are. The median household income for African Americans is less than half that of whites, and the statistic is only slightly better for Latinx. Whites are more than twice as likely to own […]
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New report paints grim picture of poverty in the Rochester area
What’s most distressing about the report’s findings is the extreme concentration of poverty in Rochester, and the deep barriers to social and economic progress it poses.
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Rochester’s education, housing, and poverty by the numbers
If you’ve lived in the Rochester region for a few years, the scores on ACT Rochester’s recently released annual Community Report Card probably won’t shock you. Most of us already know that the nine-county Rochester region, overall, is doing better than the state in some areas — the economy, education, health, and housing. But when […]
