Among the more interesting news over the weekend was the D&C’s report that two heavy-hitters – Patty Malgieri and William Ansbrow – have accepted top administration positions in the Rochester school district. Malgieri, who is leaving a job at Hillside, will become Superintendent Bolgen Vargas’s chief of staff. Before joining Hillside, Malgieri served as Rochester’s […]
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NEWS BLOG: Taking the community to task
I suspect we may hear more from Lorenzo Williams. Williams, a former Rochester school district teacher who recently moved back to the city, had some tough words for the community last night. The setting was a meeting hosted by the Rochester school board to get public input on the temporary — perhaps permanent — closure […]
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NEWS BLOG: Getting the wrong message from school ‘report cards’
It was good to see Michael Winerip’s column in yesterday’s New York Times, on media compilations of “best” schools. Several national magazines do these lists. So do lots of local newspapers. As Winerip notes, the lists are popular – and they are powerful. “Nobody in his right mind would take these lists lightly,” he writes. […]
