Years of neglect at School 16 — classrooms regularly overheated, parts of the building smelled like urine — have lead Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas to commission a report on the structural state of all the district’s schools. The report, which is due out next month, is supposed to help officials prevent a repeat of […]
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Did Chicago’s strike teach us anything?
The closely-watched battle between Chicago’s teachers and Mayor Rahm Emanuel helped to illuminate some of the problems confronting urban education. But even though the strike is over, the war between education reformers and urban teachers goes on, says NY Times columnist Joe Nocera. Teacher evaluations linked to standardized tests and charter schools remain contentious issues, […]
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All eyes are on Chicago
It’s hard not to be fascinated by what’s going on in the Chicago School District. The teacher strike in the nation’s third largest school district, now in its second day, has all of the elements of great drama. For starters, there’s Rochester’s connection to the Chicago schools’ chief, Jean-Claude Brizard. After a tumultuous three and […]
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State targets RCSD for intervention
The Rochester school district has been flagged as one of 70 “Focus School Districts” by the New York State Education Department. Twenty-two of Rochester’s schools have been identified as “Focus Schools” by the SED, and 30 described as “Priority Schools.” The full SED report was released today. The designation means that a team of education […]
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WEEK AHEAD: SW Neighborhood meeting on School 16
Residents of the 19th Ward and nearby southwest neighborhoods are meeting on Wednesday, August 29, to discuss ways to become more engaged in School 16’s future and to better support area parents and students. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the SW Community Center, 275 Dr. Samuel McCree Way. It is open to the […]
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Reader feedback 2.25.04
Choosing a school in the neighborhood Regarding Christine Carrie Fien’s article on the school-choice policy (“Home-school Advantage,” February 4): Some parents in the School 46 neighborhood are seeking a guarantee that neighborhood kindergartners will be allowed to attend 46 if they want to. School Board member Rob Brown implies that those parents can only […]
