The Rochester Teachers Association is calling for in-person instruction to be paused until teachers’ resources and COVID-19 vaccines increase.
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Rochester teachers rally against ‘Christmas massacre’ layoff plan
Teacher’s union leaders called for the board to delay its vote and to try to get extra funding from the state.
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Teachers call for prison divestment
ROC-Teachers Against Student Exploitation, a social justice caucus of Rochester Teachers Association members, has launched a new campaign to get the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System, which manages the teacher pension system, to divest from private prisons like CoreCivics and GEO Group.
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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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Rochester district faces new charter openings
The State Education Department’s Charter School Office has given its initial approval to applications for two more charters in the Rochester district.
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RCSD grad rate improves despite inequities
The Rochester City School District’s graduation rate jumped to 51.9 percent in June 2017, according Wednesday’s press release from State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia. That’s a 4.2 percent increase from the 47.7 percent graduation rate in June 2016, the second-highest increase of New York’s Big Five school districts. If the students who graduated in August are […]
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School 41 to close and a new school to open in its place
Rochester City School District officials decided, at a meeting earlier this week, to close School 41 and re-open a new school in the same location
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City school budget nears $900 million; board approves SUNY Geneseo takeover of School 19
The Rochester school board has approved an $883 million budget for the 2017-2018 school year and a partnership agreement with SUNY Geneseo to manage School 19. All board members voted in favor of both initiatives at a special meeting last night. But some members were critical of the budget and the relationship with the college. […]
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Education at center of party tussle
It’s almost a regular occurrence: some Rochester Democrats accuse other Dems of trying to take over some of the city’s political committees. This time, an influential group of black politicians, the Black Political Caucus, is pointing the finger at the Rochester Teachers Association and the New York State United Teachers labor unions. Caucus spokesperson Willie […]
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Union works for certification overhaul
New York State United Teachers is working with the Board of Regents, the State Education Department, and lawmakers to overhaul the teacher certification process. NYSUT says that there are numerous content and computer format problems with the state’s new certification exams. The union also wants lawmakers to stop for-profit testing companies from charging student-teachers to […]
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Three of Vargas’s top brass are out
Patricia Malgieri, William Ansbrow, and Ed Lopez will leave on December 31.
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