The State Education Department’s latest School Receivership status report has good news and bad for the Rochester school district. Five Rochester schools were removed from the Receivership list, but 10 more were added to it.
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City receivership schools show improvement
All nine city schools that were placed in receivership after they were identified as “struggling” and “persistently struggling” made significant improvement during the 2017-2018 school year, according to the State Education Department. The schools include: East Upper, East Lower, School 17, James Monroe High School, School 9, School 45, School 3, Northeast College High School, […]
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Urban Action 9/26
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Growing up Muslim The Moving Beyond Racism Book Group will discuss “Muslim Girl A Coming of Age” on Monday, October 1. Author Amani Al-Khatahtbeh was 9 years old on September 11, 2001. Like […]
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UR proposal tests school officials
Superintendent Bolgen Vargas and the Rochester school board ventured into entirely new territory this week. What happens next with East High School is going to pull back the curtain and tell us a lot about how effectively school officials really operate. It’s looking more probable that the school board will choose working with the University […]
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School improvement committees will report recommendations on Wednesday
Tomorrow afternoon, the public will get to hear the results of more than a month’s brainstorming concerning the Rochester City School District. Shortly after school board President Van White took office, he formed four committees that were charged with coming up with ideas to improve city schools. The four committees – improving student achievement, increasing […]
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City school board seeking change and solutions
It’s difficult to read Mary Anna Towler’s January 29 Urban Journal and not notice the pessimistic tone expressed throughout the essay. She, understandably, notes that things “just [keep] getting worse” as the district continues its “slide down.” She certainly is not alone in her views. She correctly notes that our own superintendent has described the […]
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Could the city school district be the next Oldsmobile?
There was plenty of brie, sugar cookies, pizza, and beer at two holiday parties I attended last weekend. And there was also a lot of chatter about the city school district. “Remember General Motors in the 1970’s?” asked one partier. “They built cars and trucks, they weren’t any good, and buyers began looking elsewhere. That’s […]
