The Rochester school district’s number two in command, Anita Murphy, is one of two finalists for the superintendent position at the Oswego, NY, school district, according to a report by Oswego County Today. Superint endent Bolgen Vargas hired Murphy in 2012. As deputy superintendent, Murphy is arguably Vargas’s most strategically important hire. Her close relationship […]
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Poverty is a factor in urban education
Mention poverty’s effect in any discussion of urban education, and the reaction is often dismissive. Officials from the highest levels of government on down the local level frequently say that referring to poverty is an excuse for low student achievement. Willa Powell raises the poverty issue in a recent article on the New York State […]
