This time every year, many of us get a big emotional lift from the Jazz Festival. And for me, it’s not just the music. It’s all those people. Downtown. The Jazz Festival, Fringe, and other big attractions aren’t the only signs of a stronger downtown. Enough people are moving into the new developments that we’re […]
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School board approves studying a regional school
The Rochester school board has taken the first step in exploring the feasibility of a regional school designed to attract a diverse student body. Board members voted last week to include the measure in a study of the district’s school-choice policy, which already under way. The school could be much like the one proposed more […]
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Feedback 6/28
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Trump and city schools: spreading charters and vouchers
The president-elect and two key appointees have embraced charter schools and vouchers. That will spell trouble for urban districts like Rochester’s.
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A soccer team gives us an example of patriotism
Some district officials want students to inform adults before they protest. That’s an ‘I support your right to protest, but’ attitude.
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RTA says it doesn’t support new Code of Conduct policy
The Rochester school board is currently reviewing a proposal for a new Code of Conduct that would require a major shift in how teachers and students interact in city schools. The proposed policy is much less punitive that the current one. But after more than a year of planning and public meetings involving a […]
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A realistic, proven plan to create better schools
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.
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Feedback 4/13
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Looking for positives in city schools’ news
The Rochester school district’s growing challenges offer opportunities, but the community will have to take advantage of them.
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Feedback 12/16
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Calling for Cala
A petition to draft Bill Cala as the next Rochester schools superintendent is on Change.org. It’s not clear who is behind the effort. The petition is directed at the Rochester school board, and the goal is to gather 500 signatures. Cala is former superintendent of the Fairport school district and is also a former interim […]
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Feedback 12-2
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