Well, maybe one. The business community has not done enough to improve public education in the city, says Parker, who retires as president and CEO of the Rochester Business Alliance this year.
School reform
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UR-East deal still on
After several weeks of rushed and sometimes tense negotiations, the University of Rochester and the Rochester school board have agreed on a plan that turns management of East High School over to the university. An executive summary of the plan is on the UR’s website, http://www.rochester.edu/pdfs/RCSD-EPO-executive-summary.pdf. If the plan is approved by the State Education […]
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East High needs a buddy
Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas is looking for a partner to run East High School. Working with an educational partner organization is one of the options the State Education Department gave the school district to rehabilitate the failing high school. The request for proposals went out two weeks ago. The deadline is April 16, Vargas […]
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Feedback 3/5
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What if we’re investing in the wrong education?
A couple of weeks ago, I quoted data from the grim new report, “The State of Black Rochester.” The book, published by the Rochester Area Community foundation, lays out the growing crisis in the city’s black community: the poverty, the abysmally low achievement in school, the incidence of illness, the incarceration rate, all of which […]
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What if we’re chasing the wrong ‘schools’ fix?
One of the more thought-provoking articles I’ve read recently is Jerry Muller’s “Capitalism and Inequality,” in Foreign Affairs. The subject: the United States’ growing income inequality. Liberals and conservatives alike will find plenty to dislike in what Muller says, but some of his points are hard to argue with. We’re spending enormous amounts of money […]
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Feedback 11/14
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Vargas emphasizes early childhood education
The Rochester school district has become a “remedial district,” Superintendent Bolgen Vargas said today at an early morning meeting with parents and students. The term is used by educators to describe a teaching atmosphere that emphasizes helping students catch up to as close to grade level as possible. The way to change the district, he […]
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Chasing school reform
I’m getting really tired of “school reform.” Rochester, like the big Midwestern city that’s getting the headlines right now, has embarked on lots of reforms. Over decades. The result of our effort and money: test scores and graduation rates have kept dropping. And middle-income families have moved out or sent their children to private schools. […]
